Hålandsosen is a village in
Suldal
Suldal is a municipality in the northeast corner of Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. Since 1965, the administrative centre of Suldal is the village of Sand i Ryfylke (prior to that it was the villag ...
municipality in
Rogaland
Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located along the eastern shore of the
Erfjorden
Erfjorden is a fjord in the municipalities Suldal and Hjelmeland in Rogaland county, Norway. The long fjord begins at the small village of Tysse in Suldal and heads south past the village of Hålandsosen before making a sharp turn to the west b ...
, about east of the village of
Jelsa and about south of the municipal centre of
Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of s ...
. The
Norwegian National Road 13
National Road 13 ( no, Riksvei 13, ) is a national road which runs from the town of Stavanger in Rogaland county to the village of Sogndalsfjøra in Vestland county. The route is long and runs south–north through Rogaland and Vestland count ...
runs through the village, and the
Erfjord Bridge lies just north of the village. It is the only bridge over the
Erfjorden
Erfjorden is a fjord in the municipalities Suldal and Hjelmeland in Rogaland county, Norway. The long fjord begins at the small village of Tysse in Suldal and heads south past the village of Hålandsosen before making a sharp turn to the west b ...
.
The village was the
administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of the old municipality of
Erfjord
Erfjord is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1914 until 1965. It encompassed the area around the Erfjorden in the southwestern part of the present-day municipality of Suldal. The administrative ...
, which existed from 1914 until 1965. The village is the site of the
Erfjord Church
Erfjord Church ( no, Erfjord kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Suldal Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hålandsosen. It is the church for the Erfjord parish which is part of the Ryfylke ...
.
References
Villages in Rogaland
Suldal
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