Hyllestad (village)

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|official_name = Hyllestad

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|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Hyllestad sentrum.jpg

|image_caption = View of the village

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Western Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Vestland

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Sogn

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Hyllestad Municipality

|timezone1 = CET

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|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00

|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 6957 Hyllestad

|elevation_m = 34

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Sogn_og_Fjordane/Hyllestad/Hyllestad~2380464/|title=Hyllestad|publisher=yr.no|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2013-12-10}}

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Hyllestad is the administrative centre of Hyllestad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Hyllestadfjorden, about {{convert|7|km}} northwest of the village of and about {{convert|10|km}} southeast of the village of Sørbøvågen.

File:Hyllestad kommunehus.jpg

The village of Hyllestad is the municipal centre and it is the site of the municipal government, local secondary school, bank, post office, and stores. Hyllestad Church is also located in this village, although it was historically located about {{convert|0.5|km}} to the northeast on the Hyllestad farm.

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Category:Villages in Vestland

Category:Hyllestad

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