Eidfjord
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| County | Hordaland | |
| District | 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 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 414 916 0.02 % -15.6 % 1/km² |
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| Coordinates | ||
| www.eidfjord.kommune.no |
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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 Europe's largest mountain plateau, Hardangervidda.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1984). It shows the antlers of a reindeer.
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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 |
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