Official Name: | Bru |
Other Name: | Ploganes |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Hardanger |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Kvam |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.96 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 393 |
Population Density Km2: | 409 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5630 Strandebarm |
Elevation M: | 12 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 60.2647°N 6.0117°W |
Bru or Ploganes is a village in the municipality of Kvam in Vestland county, Norway. It's located in the Strandebarm area, on the northern shore of the Hardangerfjorden. It is located about north of the village of Omastranda and about northwest (across the fjord) from the village of Kysnesstranda in Jondal Municipality.[2]
Bru was the administrative centre of Strandebarm municipality from 1838 until 1965 when the municipality was dissolved and this area was merged into Kvam. Strandebarm Church is located in Bru. The 0.96km2 village has a population (2019) of 393 and a population density of .[3]