Valen, Kvinnherad

Valen is a village in Kvinnherad municipality in Vestland 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]

Valen
Village
Valen
Location of the village
Valen
Valen (Norway)
Coordinates: 59°49′54″N 05°47′01″E
CountryNorway
RegionWestern Norway
CountyVestland
DistrictSunnhordland
MunicipalityKvinnherad
Elevation34 m (112 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
5451 Valen

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 1.92-square-kilometre (470-acre) urban area has a population (2019) of 2,272 and a population density of 1,183 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,060/sq mi).[3]

References

  1. "Valen, Kvinnherad (Hordaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Valen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2019). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".


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