A vale is a type of

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

. Vale may also refer to:

Places

Georgia

* Vale, Georgia, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region

Norway

* Våle, a historic municipality

Portugal

* Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), 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 city, Harghita County * Vale (), a village in

Săliște Săliște ( or ''Selischte''; ) 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. Geography The town is situated at the ed ...

town, Sibiu County

United Kingdom

Vale, Guernsey Vale (Guernésiais: ''Lé Vale''; French language, 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, Duke of Normandy, William ...

, a parish in Guernsey * Vale of Belvoir, a rural area in England, known locally as "The Vale" *

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( ), locally referred to as ''The Vale'', is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf t ...

, a county borough in South Wales, commonly referred to as "The Vale" * Vale of Leven, an area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, also knownas "The Vale"

United States

* Vale, Avery County, North Carolina *

Vail, Colorado Vail is a Home rule in the United States, home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, 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 ...

* Vale, Lincoln County, North Carolina * Vale, Oregon * Vale, South Dakota * Vale, West Virginia *

Vale Summit, Maryland Vale Summit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the st ...

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 Cens ...

* Vale Tunnel, Raytown, Missouri * Lyman Estate, known as "The Vale", Waltham, Massachusetts

Languages

Vale language Vale is a minor Central Sudanic language of the Central African Republic, spoken in and to the west of the town of Batangafo. Tana (Tele) dialect is divergent and may be a distinct language. References Bongo–Bagirmi languages {{ns-l ...

, 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 V ...

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

, a minor Central Sudanic language * ('farewell') in Latin, as in . Particularly used in Australia and its obituaries as an imperative verb (cf. RIP)

*Vale, programming language

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 h ...

, including a list of people with the name * Vale P. Thielman, American politician * Short form of the Italian given name Valentina or Valeria

Transportation

* , warships of the Royal Norwegian Navy * , a German cargo ship *

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' ...

, 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 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 albums and are sig ...

album *

Vale (company) Vale (), formerly ''Companhia Vale do Rio Doce'' (Doce River Valley Company), is a Brazilian multinational corporation engaged in metals and mining and one of the largest logistics operators in Brazil. Vale is the largest producer of iron ore an ...

, a Brazilian mining company * Vale gas field, 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. It follows the story of a group of magically-attuned "adepts" who are charged with preventing the potentially destructive power ...

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

RWBY ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American Anime-influenced animation, animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors ("Huntsmen" and "Huntres ...

'' * An alternate spelling of

Váli In Norse mythology, Váli (Old Norse) or Boe or Bous (Latin) is a god and the son of the god Odin and Rindr (who is either a goddess herself or a human princess, depending on the sources). Váli has numerous brothers including Thor, Baldr, and ...

, a Norse god * ''The Vale'', a 2025 novel by Abigail Hing Wen