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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Fimreite
|other_name             =
|native_name            =
|nickname               =
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = Fimreite Norafjorden.jpg
|image_caption          = View of Fimreite
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location of the village
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Western Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Vestland]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Sogn]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Sogndal]]
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 6856 Sogndal
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Sogn_og_Fjordane/Sogndal/Fimreite~138040/|title=Fimreite|publisher=[[yr.no]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2010-09-04}}</ref>
|elevation_m            = 110
|coordinates            = {{coord|61|09|02|N|06|57|52|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}
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''' Fimreite''' is a small village in the municipality of [[Sogndal]] in [[Vestland]] county, [[Norway]].  The village sits on the south side of the mouth of the [[Sogndalsfjorden]], where it empties into the main [[Sognefjorden]].  It is located near the end of a peninsula about {{convert|22|km}} southwest of the village of [[Sogndalsfjøra]] and about {{convert|18|km}} southwest of the village of [[Kaupanger]].  The village of [[Nornes, Norway|Nornes]] lies across the Sogndalsfjorden from Fimreite.
Fimreite was the site of the [[Battle of Fimreite]] in 1184, a naval battle during the [[civil war era in Norway]].
One set of the [[Sognefjord Span]]s crosses the Sognefjorden just west of Fimreite.
==Commemoration==
In 1984, a memorial stone was unveiled by King [[Olav V of Norway]] to commemorate the 800-year anniversary of the Battle of Fimreite. The [[obelisk]] was erected in the nearby village of [[Nornes, Norway|Nornes]]. At that time, the historic play ''Slaget ved Fimreite'' and the composition ''Klokkesong'' (1984) by composer [[Arne Nordheim]] were performed .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1598042.html|title=Slaget ved Fimreite|publisher=NRK Sogn og Fjordane|language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.lustertourist.com/pdf/sognefjord%20-%20english.pdf|title=The Nornes Obelisk|publisher=Sognefjord.no|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714003138/http://www.lustertourist.com/pdf/sognefjord%20-%20english.pdf|archivedate=2011-07-14}}</ref>
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[[Category:Villages in Vestland]]
[[Category:Sogndal]]