Valen, Nærøysund

Valen
Village
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Coordinates: 65.07412°N 11.9538°E / 65.07412; 11.9538
Country	Norway
Region	Central Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Namdalen
Municipality	Nærøysund Municipality
Elevation [1]	1 m (3 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	7990 Naustbukta

Valen^[2] is a village in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the Årsetfjorden right on the border with Nordland county. There is a small canal that separates Valen with the neighboring village of Bogen (which is in Bindal Municipality in Nordland county. The canal connects the Årsetfjorden with the Valenfjord to the north. The canal and the two fjords are what separates the island of Austra from the mainland. There only bridge connecting Austra to the mainland runs through Valen.^[3]

References

1. "Valen, Nærøy (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
3. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2017-11-13). "Austra". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-05-02.