Kandal, Norway

Kandal
Kandal
Village
	Kandal Location in Sogn og Fjordane county Kandal Kandal (Norway)
	Coordinates: 61°40′20″N 06°22′46″E / 61.67222°N 6.37944°E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Sogn og Fjordane
District	Nordfjord
Municipality	Gloppen Municipality
Population (2001)
• Total	87
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	6823 Sandane

Kandal is a small village located along the west side of the lake Breimsvatnet, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of the municipal center of Sandane in the municipality of Gloppen in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The population of Kandal (2001) is 87, and the village area stretches along the shore of the lake for about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi).^[1]

Surrounded by high mountains, the main industry in Kandal is goat farming. There are two mountain dairy farms (Norwegian: seter) in Kandal: Myklandsstøylen and Nesstøylen. In the summer, most of the people take their animals up there to graze them and milk them.

References

^ ^a ^b Statistisk sentralbyrå (2001). "Folke- og boligtellingen 2001, kommune- og bydelshefter 1445 Gloppen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[ssb-1] Statistisk sentralbyrå (2001). "Folke- og boligtellingen 2001, kommune- og bydelshefter 1445 Gloppen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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