Eidfjord (Norway

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Eidfjord (Norway : Kommune)
Other forms of name
Eidfjord kommune (Norway)
Coordinates
7.07193 7.07193 60.4675 60.4675 (gooearth )
E0070500 E0070500 N0602800 N0602800 (geonames )
Associated country
Norway
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q2626969
Library of congress: n 94088302
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 60°28ʹ00ʺN 007°05ʹ00ʺE)
  • Lægreid, T. Gards- og ættesoge for Eidfjord, 1992:t.p. (Eidfjord kommune)
  • Norsk stadnamnleksikon, 1976:p. 97 (Eidfjord; hd. til 1964)
  • BGN gazetteer, Norway, 1963:p. 134 (Eidfjord PPL 60 28 N, 7 05 E)
  • Norges statskalender, 1988:p. 649 (Eidfjord, kommune; Hordaland)

Wikipedia description:

Eidfjord is the administrative centre of Eidfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the Eidfjorden, an inner branch of the large Hardangerfjorden. The village sits about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the Hardanger Bridge along the Norwegian National Road 7. The 0.75-square-kilometre (190-acre) village has a population (2025) of 571 and a population density of 761 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,970/sq mi). This makes it the largest settlement in the municipality, with over half of Eidfjord's residents living in this village.

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