Official Name: | Kandal |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Nordfjord |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Gloppen Municipality |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 87 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 6823 Sandane |
Coordinates: | 61.6722°N 6.3794°W |
Kandal is a small village located along the west side of the lake Breimsvatnet, about southeast of the municipal center of Sandane in the municipality of Gloppen in Vestland county, Norway. The population of Kandal (2001) is 87, and the village area stretches along the shore of the lake for about .[1]
Surrounded by high mountains, the main industry in Kandal is goat farming. There are two mountain dairy farms in Kandal: Myklandsstøylen and Nesstøylen. In the summer, most of the people take their animals up there to graze them and milk them.