County Hordaland Area 39 ha | Elevation 38 m (125 ft) | |
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Dimmelsvik is a village in Kvinnherad municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The village is located on the south shore of the Hardangerfjorden, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the municipal centre of Rosendal and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northeast of the village of Uskedal.
Map of 5464 Dimmelsvik, Norway
The 0.39-square-kilometre (96-acre) village has a population (2013) of 350, giving the village a population density of 897 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,320/sq mi).
The village is an old trading post going back for hundreds of years. The village was the administrative centre of Kninnherad municipality until just after World War II, when the administration was moved to the nearby village of Rosendal. The village has a barrel factory and a clog factory. NorStone also has a gravel and sand pit in the Dimmelsvik area. The company is a large supplier of gravel, sand, and crushed stone.