Mo is the

administrative centre An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

Modalen Modalen is a municipality in the Nordhordland Districts of Norway, district in the central part of Vestland county in Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mo, Hordaland, Mo. The other main village in the municip ...

municipality, located in northern

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,

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. The village lies at the mouth of the river Moelva, where it empties into the

Romarheimsfjorden Romarheimsfjorden is a fjord in Vestland county, Norway. The fjord flows through the municipalities of Modalen, Alver, and Osterøy. The western end of the fjord lies near the island of Hokøy where the fjord flows in to the Osterfjorden on it ...

(also known as the Mofjorden). The small village has about 100 residents. It is the seat of the municipal government and it is also the site of Mo Church, the only

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church in the municipality. The church was built in 1883 by the architect Johannes Øvsthus. The main "centre" of the village lies along the shore of the fjord where there are some small shops and a hotel that is run by some

Icelanders Icelanders () are an ethnic group and nation who are native to the island country of Iceland. They speak Icelandic, a North Germanic language. Icelanders established the country of Iceland in mid 930 CE when the (parliament) met for th ...

. The village was inaccessible by car to the rest of Norway until 1976 when the

Modalen Tunnel Modalen is a municipality in the Nordhordland district in the central part of Vestland county in Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mo. The other main village in the municipality is Øvre Helland. Most of th ...

was built. The north end of the tunnel sits at the east end of the village of Mo and the tunnel cuts through the mountains heading south to the

Eksingedalen Eksingedalen or Eksingadalen is a valley that makes up the northeastern part of Vaksdal Municipality in Vestland County, Norway. The Eksingedalen valley stretches over from the Vikafjell mountains all the way to the Inner Osterfjorden. The Ek ...

valley in

Vaksdal is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Dalekvam. Other villages in Vaksdal include Dalegarden, Flatkvål, Helle, Nesheim ...

municipality. In 1996, a road was built along the Mofjorden heading east from Mo which connected it to Alver municipality.

Media gallery

File:Mo_Hordaland.JPG, Waterfront area looking south File:Mo i Modalen.jpg, Waterfront area looking north File:Mo kirke1.jpg, Mo Church

References

Villages in Vestland Modalen {{Vestland-geo-stub