Country Norway County Hordaland Municipality Vaksdal Elevation 285 m | Region Western Norway District Nordhordland Time zone CET (UTC+01:00) Local time Monday 4:20 AM | |
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Flatkvål /fla:kol/ is a village in the Eksingedalen valley in Vaksdal municipality, Hordaland county, Norway. The village lies along the river Storelvi, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of the village of Stamneshella. The Modalen Tunnel is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of Flatkvål. The village of Nesheim lies about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the east. Flatkvål is the site of Eksingedal Church.
History
Flatkvål was administratively a part of Voss municipality starting in 1838. On 1 January 1885 the northeastern half of the Eksingedalen valley was separated from Voss to form the new municipality of Evanger (this included Flatkvål). On 1 January 1964, all of the Bergsdalen and Eksingedalen valleys with 251 inhabitants combined were merged with most of Bruvik municipality and a part of Modalen municipality to create the new municipality Vaksdal. Flatkvål has been part of Vaksdal since that time.