Country Norway County Hordaland Municipality Kvinnherad Elevation 34 m | Region Western Norway District Sunnhordland Time zone CET (UTC+01:00) | |
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Valen is a village in Kvinnherad municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland coast overlooking the island of Halsnøy to the south. The undersea Halsnøy Tunnel connects Halsnøy island to the mainland just to the west of Valen, in the neighboring village of Sunde.
Map of 5451 Valen, Norway
The village has a shop, a kindergarten and primary school, and a mental hospital. There is also a horseback riding center, a marina, and Valen Church.
The village of Valen is grouped together with the neighboring village of Sunde by Statistics Norway which calls it the Sunde/Valen "urban area". The 1.9-square-kilometre (470-acre) urban area of Sunde/Valen has a population (2013) of 2,258 which gives the area a population density of 1,188 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,080/sq mi).