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Øygarden
Øygarden is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is an island municipality located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Midhordland, stretching along the west coast of the county. The village of Straume, Øygarden, Straume is the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages in the municipality include Alveim, Blomvåg, Vikavågen, Ågotnes, Fjell (village), Fjell, Foldnes, Knappskog, Knarrevik, Kolltveit, Landro, Hordaland, Landro, Sekkingstad, Skogsvåg, Klokkarvik, Tælavåg, Kausland, and Hammarsland. The municipality consists of a chain of islands to the north and west of the city of Bergen. Øygarden is connected to the mainland by a series of bridges and a single road running across the islands. Some of the major islands include Litlesotra, Store Sotra, Bildøy, Bjorøy, Misje, Turøy, Seløyna, Alvøyna, Ona, Hordaland, Ona, Blomøyna, Rongøyna, and Toftøyna. The municipality is the 260th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in Hermansverk. Vestland is one of two counties in Norway that have Nynorsk as their official written language form. Vestland was created on 1 January 2020, when the former counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane were merged. History Vestland county is a newly created county, but it has been inhabited for millennia. The area was made up of many petty kingdoms under the Gulating during the Middle Ages. The northern part was then known as ''Firdafylke'' (now the Fjordane region; Nordfjord-Sunnfjord), the central area was known as ''Sygnafylke'' (now the Sogn region), and the southern part was known as ''Hordafylke''. In the early 16th century, Norway was divided into four ''len''. The Bergenhus len was headquartered in Bergen and encompa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blomvåg Church
Blomvåg Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Blomvåg on the island of Blomøyna. It is one of the three churches in the ''Hjelme og Blomvåg'' parish which is part of the Vesthordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wood and stone church was built in a long church design in 1931 using plans drawn up by the architect Carl Berner. The church seats about 300 people. History In 1930, Ingwald Nielsen gave funds for the construction of a chapel at Blomvåg in exchange for the municipality providing the land, road, and foundation wall. The deal was agreed to and a permit issued on 5 December 1930. The chapel was designed by Carl Berner. The foundation stone was laid on 29 April 1931 and the work was completed in just over six months during 1931. Unfortunately, Nielsen died in June 1931, so he never got to see the finished chapel. The chapel was built with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjelme
Hjelme is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The municipality was located within the northern part of the present-day municipality of Øygarden. It existed from 1910 until 1964. The administrative centre was located at Hjelme, where the Old Hjelme Church was located. The municipality included the main islands of Alvøyna, Seløyna, Lyngøyna, and Hernar as well as many smaller surrounding islands. The Fedjeosen strait was the northern boundary, the Hjeltefjorden was the eastern boundary, the small ''Nordra Straumøysundet'' strait was the southern boundary, and the North Sea was to the west. History On 1 January 1910, the western district of the municipality of Manger (population: 986) was separated to form its own municipality called ''Hjelmen''. On 5 November 1912 the name was changed from ''Hjelmen'' to ''Hjelme'' by royal resolution. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blomvåg
Blomvåg is a village in Øygarden municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located in the central part of the island of Blomøyna, surrounding inner part of the Blomvågen fjord. The Blomvåg Church was built in this village in 1931, serving part of the municipality of Øygarden. About 250 people live in Blomvåg (as of 2002). The economy is based on the fishing industry, and historically it was also a whaling Whaling is the hunting of whales for their products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution. Whaling was practiced as an organized industry as early as 875 AD. By the 16t ... port. References Villages in Vestland Øygarden {{Vestland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alveim
Alveim is a village in Øygarden municipality in northwestern Vestland county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of .... It is located on the western side of the coastal island of Alvøyna. References Villages in Vestland Øygarden {{Vestland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herdla
Herdla is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1871 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed a large group of about 2,000 islands and skerries covering about of land area, to the northwest of the city of Bergen in what is now parts of Øygarden, Alver, and Askøy municipalities in Vestland county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the small island-village of Herdla. The municipality included the northern third of the island of Holsnøy, the northern third of the island of Askøy, and the islands of Misje, Turøy, Toftøy, Rongøy, Blomøy, Ona, Bognøy, and many smaller surrounding islands. History On 1 January 1871, the western island district of the municipality of Manger was separated to form the new municipality of ''Herlø'' (an old spelling that was changed to ''Herdla'' in 1917). Initially, the municipality had 2,484 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foldnes
Foldnes is a village in Øygarden municipality in Vestland county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of .... The village is located on the northwestern shore of the island of Litlesotra, just north of the village of Straume. The Foldnes Church in this village was founded in 2001 and serves the inhabitants on the island of Litlesotra. References Villages in Vestland Øygarden {{Vestland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Norway
Municipalities in Norway are the basic unit of local government. Norway is divided into 15 administrative regions, called Counties of Norway, counties. These counties are subdivided into 357 municipality, municipalities (as of 2024). The capital city Oslo is both a county and a municipality. Municipalities are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient Health care, health services, old age, senior citizen services, welfare spending, welfare and other Social work, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Direct election, directly elected representatives. The mayor is Indirect election, indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. Law enforcement and Church of Norway, church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous change by dividing, consolidating, and adjusting boundaries. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litlesotra
Litlesotra, or sometimes Lille Sotra, is an island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is part of the Sotra island group which makes up the southern part of a larger archipelago of islands from Fedje south through Øygarden. The island has about 10,000 residents. The main settlement on the island is Straume. Other settlements include Knarrevik, Foldnes, and Brattholmen. The island is connected to the mainland via the Sotra Bridge. It is also connected to the large island of Sotra, via a series of bridges over the island of Bildøy. The island lies where the Hjeltefjorden meets the Byfjorden. The island of Bjorøyna lies to the south, the island of Askøy to the northeast, the island of Geitung to the northwest, and Bildøy and Sotra islands to the west. The Bergen Peninsula on the mainland lies to the east. See also *List of islands of Norway This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straume, Øygarden
Straume is the administrative center of Øygarden municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western part of the island of Litlesotra, just south of the village of Foldnes and southwest of the village of Knarrvika. Straume is the centre of government for the municipality as well as the centre of commerce for the municipality. The large Sartor Senter, a regional shopping center is located in Straume. A bridge on Norwegian National Road 555 connects Straume to the island of Bildøyna, immediately to the west. This bridge is the only road connection to the Øygarden municipality. Statistics Norway groups Straume and the neighboring Knarrevik together as one large urban area for statistical purposes. The urban area of Knarrevik/Straume has a population (2019) of 11,502 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikavågen
Vikavågen is a village in Øygarden municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies on the southeastern coast of the island of Toftøyna. The village has a population (2019) of 656 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ... of . References Villages in Vestland Øygarden {{Vestland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sekkingstad
Sekkingstad is a village in Øygarden municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is situated on the west side of the island of Store Sotra. Sekkingstad is the site of the fish factory Vågen Seafood. The tall mountain Saufjellet lies just northeast of the village. The village has a population (2019) of 588 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ... of . References Villages in Vestland Øygarden {{Vestland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
