Hardbakke ( en, "Hard Hill") is the
administrative centre of the municipality of
Solund
Solund is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. Solund is the westernmost island municipality in Norway. Holmebåen on the island of Steinsøy is the westernmost point in all of Nor ...
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,
Norway
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. The village is located on the west side of the island of
Sula, just across the
strait from the island of
Steinsundøyna. Hardbakke is located about halfway between the islet of
Holmebåen Holmebåen is a point on the tiny island of Steinsøy in an archipelago of small islands northwest of the Utvær islands in the municipality of Solund in Vestland county, Norway. It lies about west of the municipal center of Hardbakke. Holmebåe ...
and the village of
Losnegard, the western- and easternmost points in the municipality. Hardbakke has an elementary school and a secondary school, as well as
Solund Church.
The village has a population (2019) of 334 and a
population density
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of .
References
Villages in Vestland
Solund
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