Herøysund
Herøysund is a village in Kvinnherad municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southeastern shore of the Hardangerfjorden, about half-way between the villages of Husnes and Uskedal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tsaetre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 569 residents
- Description: settlement in Kvinnherad Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Heroysund” and “Herøysundet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Uskedalen Church.
Uskedalen Church
Church
Photo: Harald satre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Uskedalen Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Uskedal. Uskedalen Church is situated 3½ km east of Herøysund.
Herøysund
- Categories: urban area in Norway, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Kvinnherad, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.92345° or 59° 55′ 24″ northLongitude
5.79885° or 5° 47′ 56″ eastPopulation
569Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO HETOpen location code
9FF7WQFX+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 414719331OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Herøysund” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Herøysund”
- Danish: “Herøysund”
- Dutch: “Herøysund”
- Finnish: “Herøysund”
- French: “Herøysund”
- Irish: “Herøysund”
- Javanese: “Herøysund”
- Malay: “Herøysund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Herøysund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herøysund”
- Norwegian: “Herøysund”
- Romanian: “Herøysund”
- Spanish: “Herøysund”
- Swedish: “Herøysund”
- Uzbek: “Herøysund”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Herøysund idrettsplass.
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