Trengereid
settlement in Bergen Municipality, Norway
Trengereid is a village in the borough of Arna in Bergen Municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
History
In 1895, Johan Jebsen established a factory in Trengereid. The factory produced ribbons and lace, and it had its own power plant. Today the Trengereid power plant has been modernized and is operated by BKK. Previously there was also mining at nearby Risnes, where lime was extracted.
Infrastructure
Above Trengereid there is a roundabout that routes traffic between Norwegian County Road 7 to Hardanger and European route E16 eastwards to Voss Municipality and westward to Bergen's city center, or via a bypass road down to Trengereid.
Trengereid Station on the Bergen Line between Bergen and Myrdal via Voss stands below the village.
“Trengereid” enters the record as settlement in Bergen Municipality, Norway. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Trengereid, settlement and Bergen can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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