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Fotlandsvåg is a village in
Osterøy Osterøy is an island municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The municipality encompasses most of the island of Osterøy. The administrative centre of Osterøy is the village of Lon ...
municipality in
Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...
county,
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. 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 Ostereidet is a village in Alver municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Osterfjorden in eastern Alver. The European route E39 highway runs through the village. Ostereidet is one of the larger settlements in e ...
lies just across the wide Osterfjorden. The village has a population (2019) of 313 and a
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of . The main industries in the village are furniture manufacturing and
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as well as a hotel "Fjordslottet".


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Villages in Vestland Osterøy {{Vestland-geo-stub