Etnesjøen or Etne is the

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

Etne Etne is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnhordland, although it is also sometimes considered to be part of the district o ...

municipality in

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The village is located at the inner end of the Etnefjorden, along the European route E134 highway, about south of the village of Skånevik and about northeast of the village of

Ølensjøen Ølensjøen or Ølen is the administrative centre of Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located at the southern end of the Ølsfjorden, along the European route E134 highway, just east of the village of Ølensvå ...

(in neighboring

Vindafjord Vindafjord is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Rogaland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Haugaland. Since 2005, the administrative centre of the municipality has ...

municipality). The village is located along the river Etneelva in a large river valley surrounded by mountains and a fjord. The lake

Løkjelsvatnet Løkjelsvatnet or Lykilsvatnet is a regulated lake in the municipality of Etne in Vestland county, Norway. The lake lies about east of the village of Etnesjøen. Water from the lake falls vertically in tunnels and pipelines to the Hardela ...

lies about west of the centre of the village of Etnesjøen. There are three historic churches in the greater Etnesjøen area: Gjerde Church, Grindheim Church, and Stødle Church. The village has a population (2019) of 1,283 and a

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of .

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Villages in Vestland Etne {{Vestland-geo-stub