Gaular is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Sande. Other villages in the municipality include Bygstad, Hestad, and Vik. Gaular is sometimes referred to as Fosselandet (the land of the waterfalls) because it is home to 28 large and small waterfalls. The municipality is centered on the river Gaula. The Viksdalen valley is located in Gaular.

The 582-square-kilometre (225 sq mi) municipality is the 189th largest by area out of the 426 municipalities in Norway. Gaular is the 270th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,966. The municipality's population density is 5.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.1% over the last decade.

In 2016, the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations. He proposed that the police station in Gaular be closed.

The parish of Indre Holmedal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The original municipality was identical to the Indre Holmedal parish (prestegjeld) which included the sub-parishes (sokn) of Bygstad, Sande, and Vik. In 1912, the name of the municipality was changed to Gaular. On 1 January 1990, parts of the Hestad area (west of Sunde-Klepp, west of Bygstad) were transferred from Fjaler to Gaular.

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