Herøy, est une île dans le landskap Sunnhordland du comté de Vestland. Elle appartient administrativement à Kvinnherad.
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Herøysund is a village in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southeastern shore of the Hardangerfjorden, about half-way between the villages of Husnes and Uskedalen.
The 0.54-square-kilometre village has a population of 569 and a population density of 1,054 inhabitants per square kilometre.
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Husnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Husnes. It one of the three churches for the Husnes og Holmedal parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1874 using plans drawn up by the architect J. Utne. The church seats about 280 people.
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Husnes is the largest village in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the Hardangerfjorden on the Folgefonna peninsula, about 8 kilometres south of the village of Herøysund and immediately north of the villages of Sunde and Valen. The lake Opsangervatnet lies along the southwestern part of the village between Husnes and Sunde.
The 2.52-square-kilometre village has a population of 2,337 and a population density of 927 inhabitants per square kilometre. When the neighboring villages of Sunde and Valen are included, the entire urban area includes just under 4,500 people.
Husnes is centered on the huge factory owned by Hydro, formerly Sør-Norge Aluminium, and the village has become the center of commerce and education in Kvinnherad municipality, as well as the site of Husnes Church. The government of Kvinnherad Municipality has at times proposed that Husnes become the new administrative centre of Kvinnherad which usually sparks debate in the municipality.
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Opsangervatnet or Onarheimsvatnet is a lake in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 2.25-square-kilometre lake is located between the villages of Husnes and Sunde.
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Onarheim is a village in Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southeastern shores of the island of Tysnesøya, along the Hardangerfjorden. The village has been home to a church since the 12th century. The present Onarheim Church was built in 1893, and it serves the southeastern part of the municipality. There is also a small school in Onarheim.