A vale is a type of

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing 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 Vale ( ka, ვალე) is a town in southwestern Georgia, from the city of Akhaltsikhe, Samtskhe-Javakheti region, at the border with Turkey. According to the 2014 census it has a population of 3,646. Vale is a border crossing point into the ...

, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region

Norway

Våle Våle is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2002. The area is now part of Tønsberg Municipality. The administrative centre was ...

, 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 Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a concelho, municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto. The population ...

, 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 Toplița (; , ) is a Municipiu, city in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. The settlement has had multiple name changes: ''Taplócza'', ''Toplicza'', ''Gyergyó-Toplicza'', from February 3, 1861 ''Oláh-Toplicza'', or "Romanian Toplița", ...

city, Harghita County * Vale (), a village in

Săliște Săliște ( or ''Selischte''; ) is a town in Sibiu County, in the centre of Romania, west of the county capital, Sibiu. Declared a town in 2003, it is the main locality in the Mărginimea Sibiului area. Geography The town is situated at the ed ...

town, Sibiu County

United Kingdom

Vale, Guernsey Vale (Guernésiais: ''Lé Vale''; French language, 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, Duke of Normandy, William ...

, a parish in Guernsey *

Vale of Belvoir The Vale of Belvoir ( ) is in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, England. The name is from the Norman-French for "beautiful view". Extent and geology The vale is a tract of low ground rising east-north-east, drained by the ...

, a rural area in England, known locally as "The Vale" *

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( ), locally referred to as ''The Vale'', is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf t ...

, a county borough in South Wales, commonly referred to as "The Vale" *

Vale of Leven The Vale of Leven () is an area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, in the valley of the River Leven, Dunbartonshire, River Leven. Historically, it was part of The Lennox, the name of which derives from the Gaelic term ''Leamhnach'', meaning ''fie ...

, an area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, also knownas "The Vale"

United States

* Vale, Avery County, North Carolina *

Vail, Colorado Vail is a Home rule in the United States, home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, 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 ...

Vale, Lincoln County, North Carolina Vale is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. Parts of Vale extend to western Catawba County. It lies at an elevation of 1,028 feet (283 m). The area of Vale is nearly all rural, with farming the predominant ...

Vale, Oregon Vale is a city in and the county seat of Malheur County, Oregon, United States, approximately 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 ...

Vale, South Dakota Vale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Butte County, South Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population was 130. Vale has been assigned the ZIP code of 57788. The public school located in Vale, ...

Vale, West Virginia Vale is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The ...

Vale Summit, Maryland Vale Summit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the st ...

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 Cens ...

Vale Tunnel The Vale Tunnel is a railway tunnel south of Raytown, Missouri in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It was built by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad in 1903-1904, and became the final tunnel of four to be built on the entire Rock Isl ...

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

Languages

* Vale language, a minor Sudanic language * Vale languages or "Ruto-Vale", a group of languages * Central Vale language, a minor Central Sudanic language * ('farewell') in Latin, as in . Particularly used in Australia and its obituaries as an imperative verb (cf. RIP)

*Vale, programming language

People

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

Transportation

* , warships of the Royal Norwegian Navy * , a German cargo ship * Vale Special, a British sports car

Other uses

* Vale (album), ''Vale'' (album), a January Black Veil Brides album * ''Vale'', a 2008 Orden Ogan album * Vale (company), 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'' * ''Vale'', the primary setting of the RoosterTeeth animated series ''RWBY'' * An alternate spelling of Váli, a Norse god * ''The Vale'', a 2025 novel by Abigail Hing Wen