Øvre Årdal
Øvre Årdal is a village in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is the larger of the two primary villages in Årdal Municipality. The village is situated at the northern end of the 9-kilometre long lake Årdalsvatnet, with the village of Årdalstangen at the southern end.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Farnes Church and Holsbru power station.
Farnes Church
Church
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Farnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Øvre Årdal. It is the church for the Øvre Årdal parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
Tyin Hydroelectric Power Station
Power station
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The Tyin Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in Årdal Municipality in Vestland, Norway. It operates at an installed capacity of 380 megawatts, with an average annual production of about 1,400 gigawatt-hours. Tyin Hydroelectric Power Station is situated 3 km southeast of Øvre Årdal.
Øvre Årdal
- Type: Village with 3,090 residents
- Description: settlement in Årdal Municipality, Norway
- Categories: urban area in Norway and locality
- Location: Årdal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.30882° or 61° 18′ 32″ northLongitude
7.80278° or 7° 48′ 10″ eastPopulation
3,090Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)Open location code
9FH98R53+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 206095690OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
9403879Wikidata ID
Q1780712
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Øvre Årdal” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Øvre Årdal”
- Catalan: “Øvre Årdal”
- Danish: “Øvre Årdal”
- Dutch: “Ovre Ardal”
- Dutch: “Øvre Årdal”
- Finnish: “Øvre Årdal”
- French: “Øvre Årdal”
- German: “Øvre Årdal”
- Hebrew: “אוברה ארדאל”
- Japanese: “エヴェレ・オーダル”
- Malay: “Øvre Årdal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øvre Årdal”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øvre Årdal sokn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øvre Årdal”
- Norwegian: “Øvre Årdal”
- Romanian: “Øvre Årdal”
- Russian: “Эвре-Ордал”
- Spanish: “Øvre Årdal”
- Swedish: “Øvre Årdal”
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