Official Name: | Frafjord |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Rogaland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Rogaland county |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Rogaland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Jæren |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Gjesdal |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4335 Dirdal |
Elevation M: | 13 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 58.8433°N 6.3053°W |
Frafjord is a village and farming community in the municipality of Gjesdal in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Frafjorddalen valley, at the innermost end of the Frafjorden, a branch of the larger Høgsfjorden. The village had about 100 inhabitants in 2001. The 3.8km (02.4miles) long Frafjord Tunnel connects the village of Frafjord to the villages of Gilja and Dirdal on the other side of the mountains, replacing the old, narrow, winding road over the mountain pass.[2] [3] The Månafossen waterfall lies about northeast of the village of Frafjord.