Avaldsnes
Avaldsnes is a village in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern part of the island of Karmøy, along the Karmsundet strait, just south of the town of Haugesund.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Johan Christian Dahl, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 2,880 residents
- Description: settlement in Karmøy Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Dalen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Avaldsnes Church and Grønhaug.
Avaldsnes Church
Church
Photo: Henry Leirvoll, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avaldsnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Avaldsnes on the northern part of the island of Karmøy.
Oasen
Shopping center
Photo: Dageinar.solberg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oasen Storsenter is a shopping centre in Norheim in Karmøy, Norway. In 2014 it had a turnover of 688 million Norwegian kroner. It has 65 stores in 33,000 m2 of building space. In addition to this there are 28 services within health and well-being. Oasen is situated 3 km northeast of Avaldsnes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norheim and Haugesund.
Norheim
Village
Photo: Btd, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Norheim is a village in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the Karmsundet strait immediately south of the town of Haugesund, just over the municipal border inside Karmøy. Norheim is situated 3 km northeast of Avaldsnes.
Haugesund
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haugesund is a city in the county of Rogaland, in the West Norway region of Norway. The town offers a much wider range of goods and services than might be expected from a city of its size, due to its position as the definite centre of its relatively populous region.
Kopervik
Town
Photo: Mark Voigt, CC BY 3.0.
Kopervik is the largest town on the island of Karmøy in Rogaland county, Norway. It is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Karmøy. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. Kopervik is situated 8 km south of Avaldsnes.
Avaldsnes
- Categories: urban area in Norway and locality
- Location: Karmøy, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.35494° or 59° 21′ 18″ northLongitude
5.27857° or 5° 16′ 43″ eastPopulation
2,880Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO AVAOpen location code
9FF7973H+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 715831317OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Avaldsnes” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿瓦爾斯內斯”
- Danish: “Avaldsnes”
- Dutch: “Avaldsnes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اڤالدسنيس”
- Finnish: “Avaldsnes”
- French: “Avaldsnes”
- German: “Avaldsnes”
- German: “Sankt-Olav-Kirche (Avaldsnes)”
- Icelandic: “Ögvaldsnes”
- Javanese: “Avaldsnes”
- Korean: “아발스네스”
- Malay: “Avaldsnes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Avaldsnes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avaldsnes”
- Norwegian: “Avaldsnes”
- Spanish: “Avaldsnes”
- Swedish: “Avaldsnes”
- Ukrainian: “Авальдснес”
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