A vale is a type of

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

. Vale may also refer to:

Places

Georgia

* Vale, Georgia, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region

Norway

Våle Våle is a village in Tønsberg municipality, and former municipality, in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. Våle is a rural, agricultural area, with Kirkevoll/Brekkeåsen, Rånerudåsen, Svinevoll, Sørby and Gretteåsen as more dense housing ...

, a historic municipality

Portugal

Vale (Santa Maria da Feira) Vale (Portuguese meaning "valley") is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Canedo, Vale e Vila Maior Canedo, Vale e Vila Maior is a civil parish in the municip ...

, a former civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira

Romania

* Vale, a village in Aluniş Commune, Cluj County * Vale, a village in Toplița city, Harghita County * Vale ( hu, Vále, link=no), a village in Săliște town, Sibiu County

United Kingdom

Vale, Guernsey Vale (Guernésiais: ''Lé Vale''; French: ''Le Valle'') is one of the ten parishes of Guernsey in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands. In 933 the islands, formerly under the control of William I, then Duchy of Brittany were annexed by the ...

, a parish in Guernsey *

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol ...

, a county borough in South Wales, commonly referred to as "The Vale" * Vale of Leven, an area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, also knownas "The Vale"

United States

* Vale, Avery County, North Carolina *

Vail, Colorado Vail is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,835 in 2020. Home to Vail Ski Resort, the largest ski mountain in Colorado, the town is known for its hotels, dining, and for the num ...

* Vale, Lincoln County, North Carolina *

Vale, Oregon Vale is a city in and the county seat of Malheur County, Oregon, United States, about west of the Idaho border. It is at the intersection of U.S. Routes 20 and 26, on the Malheur River at its confluence with Bully Creek. Vale was selected a ...

Vale, South Dakota Vale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Butte County, South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is als ...

* Vale, West Virginia * Vale Summit, Maryland *

Vale Township, Butte County, South Dakota Vale Township is one of the two townships of Butte County, South Dakota, United States; most of the rest of the county is unorganized territory. It lies in the southern part of the county. External linksOfficial mapby the United States Census ...

Vale Tunnel The Vale Tunnel is a railway tunnel south of Raytown, near Kansas City, Missouri. It was built by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called ''Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific ...

, Raytown, Missouri * Lyman Estate, known as "The Vale", Waltham, Massachusetts

Languages

* Vale language, a minor Sudanic language *

Vale languages The Vale languages, or Ruto–Vale, comprise a small number of languages spoken by a few tens of thousands of people in the Central African Republic and perhaps Chad. They are members of the Central Sudanic language family. The most populous Va ...

or "Ruto-Vale", a group of languages * Central Vale language, a minor Central Sudanic language *''Vale'', Latin for ''farewell'' in the Latin phrase ''

Ave atque vale }. Name of episode 1 in season 3 of '' Berlin Station''. , - , ''aut cum scuto aut in scuto'', , either with shield or on shield, , Or, "do or die" or "no retreat". A Greek expression («Ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς») that Spartan mothers sa ...

'', formerly used as an alternative abbreviation before an obituary (as in obit)

People

Vale (surname) Vale is an English, Spanish, and Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Angélica Vale (born 1975), Mexican actress, singer and comedian * Brenda and Robert Vale, architects and researchers in the field of sustainable ho ...

, including a list of people with the name * Vale P. Thielman, American politician * Short form of the Italian given name Valentina

Transportation

* HNoMS ''Vale'', warships of the Royal Norwegian Navy *

Vale Special The Vale Special (sometimes just Vale) was a British sports car made between 1932 and 1935 in Maida Vale Maida Vale ( ) is an affluent residential district consisting of the northern part of Paddington in West London, west of St John's Wood ...

, a British sports car

Other uses

* ''Vale'' (album), a January Black Veil Brides album * ''Vale'', a 2008

Orden Ogan Orden Ogan is a German power metal band with progressive and folk metal elements. The band was formed in 1996 by Sebastian Grütling (drums) and Sebastian Levermann (lead vocals and guitar). They currently have three demos and seven studio album ...

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Vale (company) Vale S.A., formerly ''Companhia Vale do Rio Doce'' (the Sweet River Valley Company, referring to the Doce River) () is a Brazilian multinational corporation engaged in metals and mining and one of the largest logistics operators in Brazil. Vale ...

, a Brazilian mining company * Vale gas field, a North Sea gas field * The home town for the protagonists in the Nintendo game series ''

Golden Sun is a series of fantasy role-playing video games developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo. ''Golden Sun'' follows the story of a group of magically-attuned "adepts" who are charged with preventing the potentially destru ...

'' * ''Vale'', the primary setting of the RoosterTeeth animated series ''

RWBY ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American anime-influenced computer-animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors (called "Huntsmen" and " ...