Årdal is a village in

Hjelmeland is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hjelmelandsvågen. Other villages in the municipality include Fister, Årdal, ...

municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located at the eastern end of the Årdalsfjorden at the mouth of the river Storåna. The village sits about southeast of the village of Fister and about south of the municipal centre of Hjelmelandsvågen. From 1859 until 1965, Årdal was the

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of the municipality of

Årdal Årdal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Årdalsfjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The village of Årdalstangen is ...

. Årdal's main industries are based on the mining of sand,

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, and

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. About one million tons of those items are shipped each year from the port of Årdal. The village is also home to the historic Old Årdal Church and the newer Årdal Church.

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Villages in Rogaland Hjelmeland {{Rogaland-geo-stub