Åkra
Åkra is a village in Kvinnherad municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the north side of the Åkrafjorden, about 12 kilometres northeast of the village of Skånevik.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Kvinnherad, Norway
- Also known as: “Aakra”, “Akra”, and “Åkra, Vestland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Åkra Church and Åkraelva power station.
Åkra Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Åkra Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Åkra. It is the church for the Åkra parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
Åkraelva power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Åkraelva power station is an industrial building.
Fatland power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fatland power station is an industrial building, which is situated 3 km southwest of Åkra.
Åkra
- Categories: human settlement, parish of Norway, and locality
- Location: Kvinnherad, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.78819° or 59° 47′ 18″ northLongitude
6.10041° or 6° 6′ 2″ eastElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
9FF8Q4Q2+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 457154870OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Uzbek—“Åkra” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Åkra”
- Danish: “Åkra i Kvinnherad”
- Irish: “Åkra”
- Javanese: “Åkra, Hordaland”
- Javanese: “Åkra”
- Malay: “Åkra, Hordaland”
- Malay: “Åkra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Åkra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Åkra i Kvinnherad”
- Norwegian: “Åkra”
- Uzbek: “Åkra (Vestland okrugi)”
- Uzbek: “Åkra”
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