Mosterhamn
Sign in to saveMosterhamn or simply Moster is a village in Bømlo Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the small island of Moster in the southeastern part of Bømlo Municipality. The village lies along the Bømlafjorden. The village has a population (2025) of and a population density of .
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- MosterhamnMoster
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Breivika og Mosterhamn på Bømlo.jpg
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- View of the village
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- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 11
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
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- Country
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- Norway
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- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Norway
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vestland
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- District
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- Sunnhordland
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- Municipality
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- Bømlo Municipality
- Settlement.timezone1
- CET
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1431
- Area
- 1.8
- Elevation
- 2
- Image
- Mosterhamn - utsikt fra Amfiet.jpg
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- postal code
- 5440 MOSTERHAMN
- Commons category
- Mosterhamn, Bømlo
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Mosterhamn or simply Moster is a village in Bømlo Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the small island of Moster in the southeastern part of Bømlo Municipality. The village lies along the Bømlafjorden. The village has a population (2025) of and a population density of .
The village is notable since the Old Moster Church is here and that is the site of the Mostratinget, a thing in the year 998 when Olav Tryggvason is said to have brought Christianity to Norway and made it the national Church of Norway.
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2 mapped locations