Norheimsund is the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of the municipality of Kvam in

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 on the northern side of the Hardangerfjord, about from the city of

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. The village of

Øystese Øystese is a village in the municipality of Kvam in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the Hardangerfjord about east of the municipal centre of Norheimsund. Norwegian County Road 7 passes through the village. The village had a populat ...

lies about to the northeast and the village of

Vikøy Vikøy is a village in Kvam municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the Hardangerfjorden, about south of the municipal centre of Norheimsund. The village has a population (2019) of 369 and a population de ...

lies about southeast of Norheimsund. The village of Steine is a suburb, immediately to the west of Norheimsund. The village (which includes the neighboring village of

) has a population (2019) of 4,399 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: 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 term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

of . Norheimsund has a lot of tourist traffic, especially in the summers. The waterfall

Steinsdalsfossen Steinsdalsfossen (also called ''Øvsthusfossen'' or ''Øfsthusfossen'') is a waterfall in the village of Steine in the municipality of Kvam in Vestland county, Norway. The waterfall is located about west of the large village of Norheimsund whic ...

, as of 2006 the 6th most visited natural tourist attraction in Norway, is located in Steine, just west of Norheimsund before the entrance to the

Toka Gorge The Toka Gorge ( no, Tokagjelet) is a river gorge in Kvam, Norway. The gorge lies west of the village of Norheimsund in Hordaland county. The gorge is traversed by Norwegian County Road 7, which was laid out around 1890, started being built in ...

. 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 ''Hordaland Folkeblad'' (The Hordaland People's Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Norheimsund in Hordaland county. The newspaper was established in 1873 and is one of the oldest local newspapers in Norway. It covers news in the ...

'' is published in Norheimsund.''Store norske leksikon'': Hordaland Folkeblad.
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Norheimsund Church Norheimsund Church ( no, Norheimsund kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvam Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Norheimsund. It is one of the churches for the Vikøy parish which is part of ...

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).

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 World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the Germans had a large training camp at Norheimsund and large fortifications were built along the bay.

References

External links

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