Granvin, also known as Eide, is a village in

Voss Municipality Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

county,

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. The village is located at the head of the Granvin Fjord in the southeastern part of the municipality. The large village of

Vossevangen Vossevangen or Voss is the administrative centre of Voss municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Location The village lies on the northeastern shore of the lake Vangsvatnet in the central part of the municipality, about east of the city of Ber ...

lies about to the northwest and the village of

Ulvik Ulvik is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality stretches from the Hardangerfjord to the mountains that reach above sea level. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulvik. The villages of Osa and ...

lies about to the northeast. The village has a population (2019) of 485 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...

of . Prior to 1 January 2020, the village was the administrative centre of the old

Granvin Municipality Granvin is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it merged with Voss Municipality. The municipality was located in the traditional district of Hardanger. ...

which is now part of Voss Municipality.

Name

The village is known as Eide because it sits along a river on an

isthmus An isthmus (; ; ) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea counterpart of an isthmus ...

of land between the fjord and the lake

Granvinsvatnet Granvinsvatnet is a lake in the Granvin area of Voss Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The lake sits just north of the village of Eide. The Norwegian National Road 13 exits the Tunsberg Tunnel just northwest of the lake and then runs a ...

. ("Eide" in Norwegian means isthmus.) The village is also known as Granvin since it is the municipal centre and largest settlement in the municipality of Granvin. Both names can be used interchangeably. There is also a small farm area called "Granvin" located about north of the village, and that is where

Granvin Church Granvin Church ( no, Granvin kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Voss Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shore of the Granvinsvatnet in the small farm area called "Granvin". This place located ...

is located. This village and that farm area share the same name, but are two distinct locations in the municipality.

Transportation

Norwegian National Road 13 National Road 13 ( no, Riksvei 13, ) is a national road which runs from the town of Stavanger in Rogaland county to the village of Sogndalsfjøra in Vestland county. The route is long and runs south–north through Rogaland and Vestland count ...

runs past the village, just to the north. The entrance to the

Vallavik Tunnel The Vallavik Tunnel ( no, Vallaviktunnelen) is a road tunnel in Vestland county, Norway. The tunnel begins on the north edge of the village of Eide in the municipality of Voss and runs to the southeast, ending at the small farm of Vallaviki in the ...

lies on the northern edge of the village.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Granvin include: * Thrond Sjursen Haukenæs (1840–1922), folklore collector and author

References

Villages in Vestland Voss {{Vestland-geo-stub