A vale is a type of

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...

. Vale may also refer to:

Places

Georgia

Vale, Georgia Vale ( ka, ვალე) is a town in southwestern Georgia, from the city of Akhaltsikhe, Samtskhe-Javakheti region, at the border with Turkey. According to the 2014 census it has a population of 3,646. Vale is a border crossing point into the ...

, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region

Norway

Våle Våle is a village in Tønsberg municipality, and former municipality, in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. Våle is a rural, agricultural area, with Kirkevoll/ Brekkeåsen, Rånerudåsen, Svinevoll, Sørby and Gretteåsen as more dense housing ...

, a historic municipality

Portugal

Vale (Santa Maria da Feira) Vale (Portuguese language, Portuguese meaning "valley") is a former Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Canedo, Vale e Vila Maior. It has a popula ...

, a former civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira

Romania

* Vale, a village in Aluniş Commune, Cluj County * Vale, a village in

Toplița Toplița (; hu, Maroshévíz, ) is a municipality in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. The settlement has had multiple name changes: ''Taplócza'', ''Toplicza'', ''Gyergyó-Toplicza'', from February 3, 1861 ''Oláh-Toplicza'', or "Romani ...

city, Harghita County * Vale ( hu, Vále, link=no), a village in

Săliște Săliște (german: Großendorf or ''Selischte''; hu, Szelistye) is a town in Sibiu County, in the centre of Romania, west of the county capital, Sibiu. Declared a town in 2003, it is the main locality in the Mărginimea Sibiului area. Geograph ...

town, Sibiu County

United Kingdom

Vale, Guernsey Vale (Guernésiais: ''Lé Vale''; French: ''Le Valle'') is one of the ten parishes of Guernsey in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands. In 933 the islands, formerly under the control of William I, then Duchy of Brittany were annexed by the ...

, a parish in Guernsey *

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol C ...

, a county borough in South Wales, commonly referred to as "The Vale" *

Vale of Leven The Vale of Leven (Scottish Gaelic: ''Magh Leamhna'') is an area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, in the valley of the River Leven. Historically, it was part of The Lennox, the name of which derives from the Gaelic term ''Leamhnach'', meaning '' ...

, an area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, also knownas "The Vale"

United States

Vale, Avery County, North Carolina Vale is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. It is located northwest of Newland on Old Toe River Road. History From 1904 to 1940, Vale was a flag stop along the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina ...

Vail, Colorado Vail is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,835 in 2020. Home to Vail Ski Resort, the largest ski mountain in Colorado, the town is known for its hotels, dining, and for the num ...

Vale, Lincoln County, North Carolina Vale is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. Parts of Vale extend to western Catawba County It lies at an elevation of 1028 feet (283 m). The area of Vale is nearly all rural, with farming the predominant ...

Vale, Oregon Vale is a city in and the county seat of Malheur County, Oregon, United States, about west of the Idaho border. It is at the intersection of U.S. Routes 20 and 26, on the Malheur River at its confluence with Bully Creek. Vale was selected as ...

* Vale, South Dakota *

Vale, West Virginia Vale is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Vale is south-southwest of Rupert, West Virginia, Rupert. The community was named for a vale near the ...

Vale Summit, Maryland Vale Summit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 139. Local lore indicates that the community was so named in the mid 19th cent ...

Vale Township, Butte County, South Dakota Vale Township is one of the two townships of Butte County, South Dakota, United States; most of the rest of the county is unorganized territory. It lies in the southern part of the county. External linksOfficial mapby the United States Census ...

Vale Tunnel The Vale Tunnel is a railway tunnel south of Raytown, near Kansas City, Missouri. It was built by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called ''Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific ...

, Raytown, Missouri *

Lyman Estate The Lyman Estate, also known as The Vale, is a historic country house located in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is now owned by the nonprofit Historic New England organization. The grounds are open to the public daily for free; an ad ...

, known as "The Vale", Waltham, Massachusetts

Languages

Vale language Vale is a minor Central Sudanic language of the Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, Sout ...

, a minor Sudanic language *

Vale languages The Vale languages, or Ruto–Vale, comprise a small number of languages spoken by a few tens of thousands of people in the Central African Republic and perhaps Chad. They are members of the Central Sudanic language family. The most populous Val ...

or "Ruto-Vale", a group of languages * Central

, a minor Central Sudanic language *''Vale'', Latin for ''farewell'' in the Latin phrase ''

Ave atque vale }. Name of episode 1 in season 3 of '' Berlin Station''. , - , ''aut cum scuto aut in scuto'', , either with shield or on shield, , Or, "do or die" or "no retreat". A Greek expression («Ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς») that Spartan mothers sa ...

'', formerly used as an alternative abbreviation before an

obituary An obituary ( obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. Ac ...

(as in obit)

People

Vale (surname) Vale is an English, Spanish, and Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Angélica Vale (born 1975), Mexican actress, singer and comedian * Brenda and Robert Vale, architects and researchers in the field of sustainable housin ...

, including a list of people with the name *

Vale P. Thielman Valentine "Vale" P. Thielman (October 10, 1843 – February 21, 1925) was an American politician. He served in the South Dakota State Senate from 1889 to 1890. He also sat in the Dakota Territory The Territory of Dakota was an organized inco ...

, American politician * Short form of the Italian given name Valentina

Transportation

* HNoMS ''Vale'', warships of the Royal Norwegian Navy *

Vale Special The Vale Special (sometimes just Vale) was a British sports car made between 1932 and 1935 in Maida Vale, London. History The Vale Motor Company was established in 1931 by Pownoll Pellew (later 9th Viscount Exmouth) as a 'gentleman's hobby' i ...

, a British sports car

Other uses

* ''Vale'' (album), a January Black Veil Brides album * ''Vale'', a 2008

Orden Ogan Orden Ogan is a German power metal band with progressive and folk metal elements. The band was formed in 1996 by Sebastian Grütling (drums) and Sebastian Levermann (lead vocals and guitar). They currently have three demos and seven studio albu ...

album *

Vale (company) Vale S.A., formerly ''Companhia Vale do Rio Doce'' (the Sweet River Valley Company, referring to the Doce River) () is a Brazilian multinational corporation engaged in metals and mining and one of the largest logistics operators in Brazil. Vale ...

, a Brazilian mining company *

Vale gas field Vale ( no, Valefeltet) is an offshore gas field in the North Sea located north of the Heimdal gas field. The depth of the water in the field area is . Vale is considered a satellite to Heimdal field and is connected to it by a pipeline. Estimat ...

, a North Sea gas field * The home town for the protagonists in the Nintendo game series ''

Golden Sun is a series of fantasy role-playing video games developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo. ''Golden Sun'' follows the story of a group of magically-attuned "adepts" who are charged with preventing the potentially destru ...

'' * ''Vale'', the primary setting of the RoosterTeeth animated series ''

RWBY ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American Anime-influenced animation, anime-influenced Computer animation, computer-animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people tr ...