Valen
Valen is a village in Kvinnherad municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland coast overlooking the island of Halsnøy to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,300 residents
- Description: settlement in Kvinnherad Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Valen, Kvinnherad”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Valen Church.
Valen Church
Church
Photo: Harald satre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Valen Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Valen. It is one of the three churches for the Husnes og Holmedal parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunde.
Sunde
Village
Sunde is a village in Kvinnherad municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Hardangerfjorden, just north of the island of Halsnøya. Sunde is situated 4 km west of Valen.
Valen
- Categories: human settlement, urban area in Norway, and locality
- Location: Kvinnherad, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.8318° or 59° 49′ 55″ northLongitude
5.78388° or 5° 47′ 2″ eastPopulation
2,300Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)Open location code
9FF7RQJM+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 253263778OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3132899Wikidata ID
Q7910622
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Valen” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Valen i Sunnhordland”
- Irish: “Valen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Valen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Valen i Sunnhordland”
- Norwegian: “Valen”
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Highlights include Valen kunstgrasbane and Valen Sjukehus.
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