Horda or Håra is a village in
Ullensvang
Ullensvang is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre is the Odda (town), town of Odda. Some o ...
municipality in
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located in a small valley off the northwestern shore of the lake
Røldalsvatnet
Røldalsvatnet is a lake in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The lake is located about south of the town of Odda. The village of Røldal is located at the northern tip of the lake and the village of Botnen is located at t ...
. It is the location of the
Horda Tunnel, a
spiral tunnel through which the
European route E134
European route E134 () is a International E-road network, European highway that crosses Norway starting at Haugesund Airport, Karmøy near the city of Haugesund on the west coast, heading over Haukeli, passing the city of Drammen, and ending in V ...
highway and
Norwegian National Road 13
National Road 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 counties, following ...
pass. The larger village of
Røldal
Røldal is a village in the municipality of Ullensvang in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies in the Røldal valley along the Storelva river on the north end of the lake Røldalsvatnet. Røldal is located about southeast of the town of ...
lies about to the northeast and the small village of
Botnen lies about to the south.
References
Villages in Vestland
Ullensvang
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