Frafjord is a village and farming community in the municipality of

Gjesdal Gjesdal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ålgår ...

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 49 ...

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 ...

. It is located in the Frafjorddalen valley, at the innermost end of the

Frafjorden Frafjorden is a fjord in the municipalities of Gjesdal and Sandnes in Rogaland county, Norway. The fjord is the innermost branch of the Høgsfjorden. The Frafjorden has steep sides with no habitation along its shores, except for the village of ...

, a branch of the larger

Høgsfjorden Høgsfjorden is a fjord in Rogaland county, Norway. It lies in the municipalities of Stavanger, Sandnes, Strand, and Gjesdal. The innermost part of the fjord is located at the village of Frafjord in the municipality of Gjesdal. It flows west ...

. The village had about 100 inhabitants in 2001. The long

Frafjord Tunnel The Frafjord Tunnel () is a road tunnel in Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The long tunnel is located along the Norwegian county road 281 connecting the villages of Frafjord and Gilja Gilja is a village in Gjesdal municipali ...

connects the village of Frafjord to the villages of

Gilja Gilja is a village in Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located about southeast of the village of Dirdal in the Dirdalen valley. The Frafjord Tunnel connects Gilja with the village of Frafjord, located in the nex ...

and

Dirdal Dirdal is a village in Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located where the Frafjorden joins the main Høgsfjorden. The village lies at the end of the ''Dirdalen'' valley, which stretches to the southeast from Dirda ...

on the other side of the mountains, replacing the old, narrow, winding road over the mountain pass. The Månafossen waterfall lies about northeast of the village of Frafjord.

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Villages in Rogaland Gjesdal {{Rogaland-geo-stub