Homborsund is a village in

Grimstad Grimstad () is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Grimstad. Some of the villages in Grimstad include Eide, Espenes, Fevik, ...

municipality in Agder county,

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Location

The village is located on the Skagerrak coast in the Eide area of southern Grimstad. The village of

Jortveit Jortveit is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Homborsund area in Eide in southern Grimstad. The village of Homborsund lies just south of Jortveit and the Eide Church lies about west of th ...

is located just north of Homborsund. For statistical purposes the population of the two villages is counted together as area 3524 Jortveit, being 662 in 2016.

Points of interest

The village includes the coastal protected recreational areas of Kalvehageneset and Hoveneset. Hoveneset was sold by Magnus Nymann, a former village priest, to the local authority in order to protect it from development by holidaymakers as the local area is a popular place to own a holiday cabin. This is commemorated by a small

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near the shore inscribed with

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verses and poetry by Thomas Kingo. The

Homborsund Lighthouse Homborsund Lighthouse ( no, Homborsund fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located on the island Store Grønningen in the municipality of Grimstad in Agder county, Norway. It sits about southeast of the village of Homborsund in the Eide area. It was es ...

lies a short distance off shore, on the island of Store Grønningen. Homborsund is home to a

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, Homborsund Bryggeri, established in 2017.

References

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