Hardanger
Sign in to saveHardanger is a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The region is dominated by the Hardangerfjord and its inner branches of the Sørfjorden and the Eidfjorden. The district consists of Ullensvang Municipality, Eidfjord Municipality, Ulvik Municipality, and Kvam Municipality.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hardanger
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Lofthus1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Lofthus
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- Vestland.png
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- Districts of Vestland:
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- Largest settlement
- Settlement.seat
- Odda
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6266
- Settlement.population_total
- 22810
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Harding
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Vestland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
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Hardanger is a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The region is dominated by the Hardangerfjord and its inner branches of the Sørfjorden and the Eidfjorden. The district consists of Ullensvang Municipality, Eidfjord Municipality, Ulvik Municipality, and Kvam Municipality.
The area is dominated by the vast Hardangervidda plateau in the east and the large Folgefonna glacier on the central Folgefonna peninsula. The district was selected as the millennium site for the old Hordaland county.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hardanger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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