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 Vestland 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]
Kandal | |
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Village | |
  Kandal Location of the village  Kandal Kandal (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 61°40′20″N 06°22′46″E / 61.67222°N 6.37944°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Western Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Nordfjord |
| Municipality | Gloppen Municipality |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 87 |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 6823 Sandane |
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
edit- ^ a b Statistisk sentralbyrå (2001). "Folke- og boligtellingen 2001, kommune- og bydelshefter 1445 Gloppen" (PDF) (in Norwegian).
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