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Flatraket
Flatraket is a small village in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the town of Måløy (in Kinn Municipality), about northwest of the village of Håvik, and about southwest of the village of Selje. Flatraket has a good view of the island of Silda and the Stadlandet peninsula. The population (2001) of Flatraket was 306. Traditionally, fishing and agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ... have been important for this village, and the largest business there now is AS Fiskevegn. Flatraket has a school, a kindergarten, and a grocery store. References Stad, Norway Villages in Vestland {{Vestland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håvik
Håvik is a small village in Stad Municipality, in Vestland county, Norway. Håvik has approximately 35 inhabitants. Håvik has a high mountain at one side and the Nordpollen fjord right on the other side of the little village. Neighbouring villages are Flatraket, Nordpollen, Vengen, and Vetrhus. The closest store is at Flatraket, approximately a drive to the northwest. Håvik is about a drive from the town of Måløy in neighboring Kinn Municipality to the west and about the same distance to the village of Selje to the north. Håvik is an old name (formerly written as ''Haavig'') and comes from the high mountains "behind" the village, ''hå'' is an old Norwegian word for "high" and ''vik'' means "bay", therefore Håvik has high mountains by a bay. In the mountains of Håvik, there is a cave with visible signs of early living. A handcrafted cup of stone was found and delivered to the Historic Museum in Bergen during the 1970s. In earlier days, the people in Håvik, made th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |