Kvinnherad

The municipality Kvinnherad in Sunnhordaland, in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Kvinnherad is the 5th municipality in size in the county of Hordaland. The total area is 1,137.2 sq. km, with a population of 13,158 (as of July 1, 2004) inhabitants. The biggest village is Husnes, with about 6,000 people living in or near the village.

Kvinnherad is situated in Sunnhordland, southwest of the Hardangerfjord. In the southern part of Kvinnherad you will find the typical fjord landscape of western Norway. The areas of Mauranger and Rosendal are said to have about the most beautiful fjord landscape of Hardanger as a whole: narrow fjords, wild water-falls, and the Folgefonna - the third biggest glacier in Norway.

The industry of Kvinnherad is based on the rich water resources within our boundaries. Power production, aluminium production (Sør-Norge Aluminium), sea-farming and shipbuilding (Umoe Scat Harding) all have water as the main basis of production.

Rosendal is the main tourist village in the area, and here is also the administration centre of the municipality. The greatest tourist attraction in Kvinnherad is also found here - the Barony Rosendal- the only one of its kind in Norway. The Barony is a museum, which offers valuable information about an important period of Norwegian history - the time of the Union with Denmark.

External links

• http://www.kvinnherad.kommune.no/
• http://www.baroniet.uio.no/eindex.html
• Kvinnheradguiden.no (http://www.kvinnheradguiden.no/)

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