Kvinnherad
| Kvinnherad kommune | |||
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| Municipality | |||
View of the Husnes area
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 Kvinnherad within Hordaland |
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| Coordinates: 59°55′41″N 06°02′13″E / 59.92806°N 6.03694°ECoordinates: 59°55′41″N 06°02′13″E / 59.92806°N 6.03694°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Hordaland | ||
| District | Sunnhordland | ||
| Administrative centre | Rosendal | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2007) | Synnøve Solbakken (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,090.73 km2 (421.13 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,043.67 km2 (402.96 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 47.06 km2 (18.17 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 94 in Norway | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 13,234 | ||
| • Rank | 88 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 12.7/km2 (33/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 0.9 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Kvinnhering | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1224 | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Website | www |
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Kvinnherad is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland, along the Hardangerfjorden. The municipality is the 5th in size in Hordaland county.
The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rosendal. The largest village is Husnes, with about 6,000 people living in or near the village. Other villages include Ænes, Åkra, Dimmelsvik, Eidsvik, Hatlestrand, Herøysund, Høylandsbygd, Ølve, Sæbøvik, Sundal, Sunde, Uskedal, and Valen.
In the southern part of Kvinnherad you will find the typical fjord landscape of western Norway. The areas of Mauranger and Rosendal are said to have about the most beautiful fjord landscape of Hardanger as a whole: narrow fjords, wild water-falls, and the nearby Folgefonna, the third biggest glacier in Norway.
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