Norheim, Grindheim, Etne, Hordaland, Norway
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Nordheim (also spelled Norheim) is a hamlet and basic statistical unit (grunnkrets) in the municipality of Voss in Vestland county, Norway.
The settlement lies along Norwegian County Road 308, also known as Kytesvegen 'Kyte Road' after the hamlet of Kyte, and has an elevation of 297 meters (974 ft). The settlement was attested as Norem in 1563 and 1611 (and as Noreim in 1695 and Norheim in 1723). The original name is reconstructed as the compound *Norðreimr, from norðr 'north' and (h)eimr 'home, house'. |
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