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Eidfjord is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality is located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Eidfjord, where the majority of the municipal population lives. The other major population centre in the municipality is the village of Øvre Eidfjord.
Eidfjord is situated at the end of the Eidfjorden, an inner branch of the large Hardangerfjorden. The village of Eidfjord is a major cruise ship port of call. Eidfjord has several tourist sites, like the Sima Power Plant which is built into the mountain itself, the Måbødalen valley, and the Vøringsfossen waterfall which has a free fall of . Large parts of the Hardangervidda (Europe's largest mountain plateau) are located in Eidfjord. The Hardangervidda Natursenter, a visitors centre and museum for Hardangervidda National Park, is located in Øvre Eidfjord.
Eidfjord is the administrative centre of Eidfjord municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The village is located at on the shore of the Eidfjorden, an inner branch of the large Hardangerfjorden. The village sits about east of the Hardanger Bridge along the Norwegian National Road 7.
The village has a population (2013) of 549, giving the village a population density of . This makes it the largest settlement in the municipality, with over half of Eidfjord's residents living in this village.