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), 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, 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, Raytown, Missouri *

Lyman Estate The Lyman Estate, also known as The Vale, is a historic country house located in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is owned by the nonprofit Historic New England organization. The grounds are open to the public daily for free; an admiss ...

, known as "The Vale", Waltham, Massachusetts

Languages

Vale language Vale is a minor Central Sudanic language of the Central African Republic, spoken in and to the west of the town of Batangafo. Tana (Tele) dialect is divergent and may be a distinct language. References Bongo–Bagirmi languages {{ns-l ...

, 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 V ...

or "Ruto-Vale", a group of languages * Central

, 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) 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 h ...

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

Transportation

* , warships of the Royal Norwegian Navy * , a German cargo ship *

Vale Special The Vale Special (sometimes just Vale) was a British sports car made between 1932 and 1935 in Maida Vale, London. History The Vale Motor Company was established in 1931 by Pownoll Pellew (later 9th Viscount Exmouth) as a 'gentleman's hobby' ...

, 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 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 albums and are sig ...

album *

Vale (company) Vale (), formerly ''Companhia Vale do Rio Doce'' (Doce River Valley Company), is a Brazilian multinational corporation engaged in metals and mining and one of the largest logistics operators in Brazil. Vale is the largest producer of iron ore an ...

, 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. It follows the story of a group of magically-attuned "adepts" who are charged with preventing the potentially destructive power ...

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

RWBY ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American Anime-influenced animation, 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 ("Huntsmen" and "Huntres ...

'' * An alternate spelling of

Váli In Norse mythology, Váli (Old Norse) or Boe or Bous (Latin) is a god and the son of the god Odin and Rindr (who is either a goddess herself or a human princess, depending on the sources). Váli has numerous brothers including Thor, Baldr, and ...

, a Norse god * ''The Vale'', a 2025 novel by

Abigail Hing Wen Abigail Hing Wen (; born 1977) is an American writer, film producer, director and speaker. Her debut young adult novel, ''Loveboat, Taipei'', was purchased in a multi-house auction by HarperCollins in a two-book deal, along with ''Loveboat Reunio ...