Valen, Kvinnherad Explained

Official Name:Valen
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Vestland#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:right
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:Sunnhordland
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Kvinnherad
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:5451 Valen
Elevation M:34
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:59.8317°N 5.7836°W

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] 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.

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 1.92km2 urban area has a population (2019) of 2,272 and a population density of .[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valen, Kvinnherad (Hordaland). yr.no. Norwegian. 2015-03-17.
  2. Web site: Valen. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2015-03-17.
  3. Web site: Statistisk sentralbyrå . Statistics Norway . 1 January 2019 . Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality .