Eidfjord
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County | Hordaland | |
Landscape | Hardanger | |
Municipality | NO-1232 | |
Administrative centre | Eidfjord | |
Mayor (2003) | Ola B Hereid (Tverrpolitisk Bygdeliste) | |
Official language form | Nynorsk | |
Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 53 1,493 km² 1,388 km² 0.46 % | |
Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 414 916 0.02 % -15.6 % 1/km² | |
Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
www.eidfjord.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1232) |
Eidfjord is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.
Eidfjord has two townships, Eidfjord and Øvre Eidfjord. Eidfjord is the municipality center situated by Eidfjorden, and is a major cruise harbour. Eidfjord has several wonderful tourist sites, like the Sima Power Plant built into the mountain itself, the famous waterfall Vøringsfossen with a free fall of 182 m and large parts of Europes largest mountain plateau, Hardangervidda.
Municipalities of Hordaland | Missing image Hordaland_vapen.png Hordaland coat of arms |
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Askøy | Austevoll | Austrheim | Bergen | Bømlo | Eidfjord | Etne | Fedje | Fitjar | Fjell | Fusa | Granvin | Jondal | Kvam | Kvinnherad | Lindås | Masfjorden | Meland | Modalen | Odda | Os | Osterøy | Radøy | Samnanger | Stord | Sund | Sveio | Tysnes | Ullensvang | Ulvik | Vaksdal | Voss | Øygarden |