Valen, Kvinnherad

Valen
Village
Valen
Valen

Location in Hordaland county

Coordinates: 59°49′54″N 05°47′01″E / 59.83167°N 5.78361°E / 59.83167; 5.78361Coordinates: 59°49′54″N 05°47′01″E / 59.83167°N 5.78361°E / 59.83167; 5.78361
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Hordaland
District Sunnhordland
Municipality Kvinnherad
Elevation[1] 34 m (112 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code 5451 Valen

Valen is a village in Kvinnherad municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland coast overlooking the island of Halsnøy to the south. The undersea Halsnøy Tunnel connects Halsnøy island to the mainland just to the west of Valen, in the neighboring village of Sunde.[2]

The village has a shop, a kindergarten and primary school, and a mental hospital. There is also a horseback riding center, a marina, and Valen Church.[2]

The village of Valen is grouped together with the neighboring village of Sunde by Statistics Norway which calls it the Sunde/Valen "urban area". The 1.9-square-kilometre (470-acre) urban area of Sunde/Valen has a population (2013) of 2,258 which gives the area a population density of 1,188 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,080/sq mi).[3]

References

  1. "Valen, Kvinnherad (Hordaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  2. 1 2 Store norske leksikon. "Valen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  3. Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2013). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality.".


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