Place:Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norway

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NameKvinnherad
Alt namesUskedalsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeMunicipality
Located inHordaland, Norway
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kvinnherad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland, along the Hardangerfjorden. The municipality was the 5th in size in former 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.

The municipality is the 104th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Kvinnherad is the 92nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 13,071. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 0.9% over the previous 10-year period.

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.[1]

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