Jostedal
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Jostedal (Norwegian: Jostedalen) is a valley which discharges into the Gaupnefjord[1] at Gaupne village in Luster municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The river Jostedøla runs through the valley up to its headwaters at the Jostedalsbreen glacier. The route through the Jostedal, riksvei 604, brings one directly to the foot of Nigardsbreen, a tongue of Jostedalsbreen glacier.
The road through Jostedalen offers some of the most magnificent views of the Norwegian fjord landscape with towering mountains and spectacular waterfalls. At the end of the road is the breath-taking sight of the blue ice at the mouth of the Nigardsbreen glacial tongue.
Jostedal is also a former municipality, created as Jostedal formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. On 1 January 1963 it was incorporated into the neighboring municipality Luster. Prior to the merger Jostedal had a population of 796.[2]
[edit] References and notes
- ^ The Gaupnefjord is an arm of the Lustrafjord, which is an arm of the Årdalsfjord, which is an arm of the Lærdalsfjord, which is an arm of the famous Sognefjord.
- ^ Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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