Kyte, Norway

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Kyte (Norway)
Coordinates: 60°40′19″N6°30′41″E / 60.67194°N 6.51139°E / 60.67194; 6.51139 Coordinates: 60°40′19″N6°30′41″E / 60.67194°N 6.51139°E / 60.67194; 6.51139
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Vestland
District Voss
Municipality Voss
Elevation
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289 m (948 ft)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
5700 Voss

Kyte is a hamlet and basic statistical unit (grunnkrets) in the municipality of Voss in Vestland county, Norway. [2]

Kyte includes Nedra Kyte [3] (literally, 'lower Kyte'; elevation 270 meters or 890 feet) [1] to the southwest and Øvre Kyte [4] (literally, 'upper Kyte'; elevation 307 meters or 1,007 feet) [1] to the northeast. [5] [6] The settlement is accessible via Norwegian County Road 308, also known as Kytesvegen 'Kyte Road'. [7]

The settlement was attested as Kytuin in 1303 (and as Kytin in 1417 and Kythen in 1468, among other names). [5] The name is originally a compound of *Kýt-(v)in; the first element may mean 'hump, rise' and the second element, vin, is a common Old Norse place-name element meaning 'meadow, pasture'. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Høydedata". Kartverket. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Folkemengde grunnkretser - 12 Hordaland". Statistisk sentralbyrå. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Nedra Kyte, Voss (Hordaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Øvre Kyte, Voss (Hordaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Rygh, Oluf (1910). Norske Gaardnavne. Oplysninger samlade til brug ved Matrikelens Revision. 11. Søndre Bergenhus amt. Kristiania: Fabritius. p. 541. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ Helland, Amund Theodor (1921). Norges land og folk: Søndre Bergenhus amt. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 959.
  7. ↑ "Norgeskart" . Retrieved June 13, 2018.
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