Sagvåg is a village in Stord municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located on the southwest coast of the island of Stord, about west of the town of Leirvik. The

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lies about northwest of Sagvåg. Nysæter Church was built here in 1991 to serve the population of the village. The small mining village of Litlabø lies just northeast of Sagvåg. Ottesens skipsproduksjon

The village has a population (2019) of 3,419 and a

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of . This makes it Sunnhordland's second largest community, after the nearby town of Leirvik.

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Norway AS has a factory in Sagvåg, producing automation systems for the marine industry. The harbour of Sagvåg is noted to be excellent for visiting leisure boats. There was considerable shipbuilding activities in Sagvåg up until the 1960s, building wooden

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and whaling vessels. Prior to the

Triangle Link The Triangle Link ( no, Trekantsambandet) is a fixed link with three branches that connects the islands of Stord and Bømlo to each other and to the mainland at Sveio, Norway. It consists of the underwater Bømlafjord Tunnel from Sveio to the i ...

bridges and tunnel in 2001, Sagvåg was a ferry port with regular ferry routes connecting Stord and Bømlo to the west.

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Villages in Vestland Stord {{Vestland-geo-stub