Norheimsund

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Norheimsund
Norheimsund (Norway)
Coordinates: 60°22′15″N06°08′44″E / 60.37083°N 6.14556°E / 60.37083; 6.14556 Coordinates: 60°22′15″N06°08′44″E / 60.37083°N 6.14556°E / 60.37083; 6.14556
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Hordaland
District Hardanger
Municipality Kvam
Area
[1]
 • Total2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
6 m (20 ft)
Population
 (2012) [1]
 • Total2,224
 • Density890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
5600 Norheimsund

Norheimsund is the administrative centre of the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern side of the Hardangerfjord, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the city of Bergen. The village of Øystese lies about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the northeast and the village of Vikøy lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southeast of Norheimsund. The village of Steine is a suburb, immediately to the west of Norheimsund. The 2.5-square-kilometre (620-acre) village has a population (2012) of 2,224; giving the village a population density of 890 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,300/sq mi), the largest settlement in the whole municipality. [1]

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Kvam Municipality in Hordaland, Norway

Kvam is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger settlements in the municipality include Øystese, Bru, Ålvik, Tørvikbygd, Omastranda, and Mundheim. Historically, the municipality was named Vikør.

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Norheimsund has a lot of tourist traffic, especially in the summers. The waterfall Steinsdalsfossen, as of 2006 the 6th most visited natural tourist attraction in Norway, is located in Steine, just west of Norheimsund [3] before the entrance to the Toka Gorge.

Steinsdalsfossen

Steinsdalsfossen is a waterfall in the village of Steine in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway. The waterfall is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the large village of Norheimsund which sits along the Hardangerfjorden.

Toka Gorge

The Toka Gorge is a river gorge is Kvam, Norway. The gorge lies west of the village of Norheimsund in Hordaland county.

Norheimsund is the seat of municipal government and largest commercial center in the municipality with about 50 stores. There is also some industry in the village with factories, wood processing plants, and food processing plants. The newspaper Hordaland Folkeblad is published in Norheimsund. [4] Norheimsund Church is located in the village. The Norheimsund Upper Secondary School is also located here. The waterfront area in Norheimsund has been redeveloped and beautified, and has won awards for development (in 2000) and for attractiveness (in 2013). [5]

Hordaland Folkeblad is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Norheimsund in Hordaland county.

Norheimsund Church Church in Hordaland, Norway

Norheimsund Church is a parish church in Kvam municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Norheimsund. The church is part of the Vikøy parish in the Hardanger og Voss deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brick church was built from 1989 to 1992 and it was designed by the architect Peder A. Ristesund from Bergen. The church was consecrated on 4 June 1989 by the Bishop Per Lønning. This is the first church in Norheimsund. Before it was built, residents had to travel several kilometers to the nearest church in nearby Vikøy Church in Vikøy. The church seats about 700 people.

History

The downtown center of Norheimsund was destroyed by a large fire on 7 October 1932. It was rebuilt with very functionalist-style architecture (rather than historic). During the Nazi occupation of Norway during World War II, the Germans had a large training camp at Norheimsund and large fortifications were built along the bay.

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Jondal (village) Village in Western Norway, Norway

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Vikøy Village in Western Norway, Norway

Vikøy is a village in Kvam municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the Hardangerfjorden, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the municipal centre of Norheimsund. The village is the site of the Vikøy Church. It is also where the old Vikøy Stave Church stood for several centuries until 1863 when it was torn down. The municipality of Kvam was historically called Vikør, named after this village since it was the site of the local church. The spelling was later changed to Vikøy. The old vicarage at Vikøy is now a museum. One of the buildings is called "Borgstova". The museum is open on Wednesdays in the summer. You can often find characters dressed in period clothing cooking krotekaker on those days.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2012). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ↑ "Norheimsund, Kvam (Hordaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  3. ↑ "Attraksjon 2006" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Innovasjon Norge. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
  4. ↑ Store norske leksikon: Hordaland Folkeblad.
  5. ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Norheimsund" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-06-29.


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