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Fotlandsvåg

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Fotlandsvåg is a village in Osterøy Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the island of Osterøy, along the Osterfjorden. The village lies in the northeastern part of the municipality, about southwest of the village of Tysso and about the same distance northeast of the village of Hosanger. The village of Ostereidet (in Alver Municipality) lies just across the wide Osterfjorden.

Key facts

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Post Code
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Fotlandsvåg
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Village
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View of the village
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yes
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11
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village
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Country
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Norway
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Western Norway
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County
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Vestland
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District
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Nordhordland
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Municipality
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Osterøy Municipality
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CET

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Norway
Population
277
Area
0.4
Elevation
9
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located in/on physical feature
Osterøy
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Fotlandsvåg is a village in Osterøy Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the island of Osterøy, along the Osterfjorden. The village lies in the northeastern part of the municipality, about southwest of the village of Tysso and about the same distance northeast of the village of Hosanger. The village of Ostereidet (in Alver Municipality) lies just across the wide Osterfjorden.

The village has a population (2019) of 277 and a population density of . The main industries in the village are furniture manufacturing and fish farming as well as a hotel "Fjordslottet".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fotlandsvåg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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