Official Name: | Klyve |
Other Name: | Kløve |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Vestland county |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
Subdivision Name3: | Voss |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Voss |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5700 Voss |
Population: | 920 |
Elevation M: | 255 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 60.6672°N 6.5361°W |
Klyve (also known as Kløve) is a hamlet and basic statistical unit (grunnkrets) in the municipality of Voss in Vestland county, Norway.[2]
Klyve includes Nedra Klyve (or Nedra Kløve;[3] literally, 'lower Klyve'; elevation 235m (771feet))[1] to the south and Øvre Klyve (or Øvre Kløve;[4] literally, 'upper Klyve'; elevation 275m (902feet))[1] to the north.[5] The settlement is accessible via Norwegian County Road 307, also known as Raundalsvegen 'Raun Valley Road'.[6]
The settlement was attested as Klyufua in 1427 (and as af Kliffwa in 1463 and Klufa in 1490, among other names).[5] The original name is reconstructed as *Kljúfar from the Old Norse verb kljúfa 'split, cleave', referring to its location between two hills.[5]