Vinjesvingen
Vinje is a village in Vinje Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located near the northwest end of the lake Vinjevatn. The European route E134 highway runs through the village, right past Vinje Church on its way towards the village of Åmot about 10 kilometres to the southeast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vinje Church and Vinje Hydroelectric Power Station.
Vinje Church
Church
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Vinje Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vinje Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vinje. It is one of the churches for the Vinje og Nesland parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.
Vinje Hydroelectric Power Station
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Vinje Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located near the lake Vinjevatn in the municipality Vinje in Telemark, Norway. It operates at an installed capacity of 300 MW, with an average annual production of 1,003 GWh. Vinje Hydroelectric Power Station is situated 2½ km east of Vinjesvingen.
Vinjesvingen
- Type: Hamlet
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Vinje, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.62275° or 59° 37′ 22″ northLongitude
7.81043° or 7° 48′ 38″ eastElevation
475 metres (1,558 feet)Open location code
9FF9JRF6+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 4440241635OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Vinjesvingen” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Vinjesvingen”
- Dutch: “Vinjesvingen”
- French: “Vinjesvingen”
- Irish: “Vinjesvingen”
- Malay: “Vinjesvingen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vinjesvingen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vinjesvingen”
- Norwegian: “Vinje-svingen”
- Norwegian: “Vinjesvingen”
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