Sunde, Kvinnherad

Sunde
Village
Interactive map of Sunde
Coordinates: 59°50′12″N 5°43′01″E / 59.83658°N 5.71705°E / 59.83658; 5.71705
CountryNorway
RegionWestern Norway
CountyVestland
DistrictSunnhordland
MunicipalityKvinnherad Municipality
Elevation46 m (151 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
5450 Sunde i Sunnhordland

Sunde[2] is a village in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Hardangerfjorden, just north of the island of Halsnøya. The northern entrance to the Halsnøy Tunnel is located in Sunde. The large urban village of Husnes lies just to the north of Sunde, on the other end of the lake Opsangervatnet.

The village of Sunde is grouped together with the neighboring village of Valen (to the east) by Statistics Norway which calls it the Sunde/Valen "urban area". The 1.92-square-kilometre (470-acre) urban area has a population (2025) of 2,303 and a population density of 1,199 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,110/sq mi).[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sunde, Kvinnherad". yr.no. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  3. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (27 October 2025). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".