Norheim is a village in

Karmøy Karmøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is southwest of the town of Haugesund in the traditional district of Haugaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kopervik. Most of the municipality lies on ...

municipality in

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 49 ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The village is located along the Karmsundet strait immediately south of the town of Haugesund, just over the municipal border inside Karmøy. The village lies along 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 on the eastern end of the Karmsund Bridge which connects Norheim (on the mainland) to the island of

. The village of Norheim is the site of the Oasen mall, the largest shopping centre in Karmøy.

Norheim Church Norheim Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Norheim, just south of the town of Haugesund. It is the church for the Norheim parish which is part ...

is also located in the village. The Norheimskogen forest lies south of Norheim with the village of Vormedal on the other side of the forest to the south.

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Villages in Rogaland Karmøy {{Rogaland-geo-stub