Nordheim (also spelled Norheim) is a
hamlet
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and
basic statistical unit (''grunnkrets'') in the municipality of
Voss
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in
Vestland
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county,
Norway
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.
The settlement lies along
Norwegian County Road 308, also known as ''Kytesvegen'' 'Kyte Road' after the hamlet of
Kyte,
and has an elevation of .
The settlement was attested as ''Norem'' in 1563 and 1611 (and as ''Noreim'' in 1695 and ''Norheim'' in 1723).
The original name is reconstructed as the compound *''Norðreimr'', from ''norðr'' 'north' and ''(h)eimr'' 'home, house'.
References
External links
Nordheim at FINN kartNordheim at Norgeskart
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Voss
Villages in Vestland