Nordheim, Vestland

Nordheim (also spelled Norheim) is a hamlet and basic statistical unit (grunnkrets) in the municipality of Voss in Vestland county, Norway.

[2] The settlement lies along Norwegian County Road 308, also known as Kytesvegen 'Kyte Road' after the hamlet of Kyte,[3] and has an elevation of 297 meters (974 ft).

[1][4] The settlement was attested as Norem in 1563 and 1611 (and as Noreim in 1695 and Norheim in 1723).

[5] The original name is reconstructed as the compound *Norðreimr, from norðr 'north' and (h)eimr 'home, house'.

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