Hatlestrand is a village in Kvinnherad 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 along the Hardangerfjorden, northeast of the villages of

Husa Husa is a village in the Ølve district of Kvinnherad municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the end of a small bay off the main Hardangerfjorden. The village lies about north of the village of Ølve and about south ...

and

Ølve Ølve is a village in Kvinnherad municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Kvinnheradsfjorden in the western part of the municipality. It is the site of Ølve Church. Ølve is located near the border with Bjør ...

. The village has a ferry port called ''Gjermundshamn'', which has regular ferry connections to the island of

Varaldsøy Varaldsøy is an island (and village) in the municipality of Kvinnherad in Vestland county, Norway. The island is the largest island in the Hardangerfjorden. Most of the inhabitants live on the southern tip of the island in the village of Vara ...

and to Årsnes on the opposite side of the fjord.

Hatlestrand Church Hatlestrand Church ( no, Hatlestrand kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hatlestrand. It is the church for the Hatlestrand parish which is part o ...

is located in the village. The urban area of Gjermundshamn has a population (2015) of 225, giving the village a

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of . The rest of the Hatlestrand area is more rural with another 250 residents.

References

Villages in Vestland Kvinnherad {{Vestland-geo-stub