Austrepollen
Village in Kvinnherad Municipality, Norway
title: "Austrepollen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-vestland", "kvinnherad"] description: "Village in Kvinnherad Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "general/villages-in-vestland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrepollen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Village in Kvinnherad Municipality, Norway ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Austrepollen |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | Folgefonntunnelen.jpg |
| image_caption | View of the Folgefonna Tunnel seen from Austrepollen |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 11 |
| mapframe-marker | village |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Norway |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Western Norway |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Vestland |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Sunnhordland |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Kvinnherad Municipality |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +01:00 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +02:00 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 5476 Mauranger |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 22 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| :: |
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Austrepollen is a village in the Mauranger area of Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Maurangsfjorden, about 5 km east of the village of Gjetingsdalen and about 3 km northeast of the village of Sunndal. The western end of the Folgefonna Tunnel is located in Austrepollen, taking it from an isolated rural village before the opening of the tunnel, to a village along a main regional highway. The village of Nordrepollen and the Jondal Tunnel are located just a short distance to the northwest. The Mauranger power station is also located in the village.
References
References
- "Austrepollen, Kvinnherad". [[yr.no]].
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- {{Cite SNL. Mauranger_kraftverk. Mauranger kraftverk. 2026-01-24. Vinjar. Asbjørn. 2024-11-25
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