Hommersåk is a village in
Sandnes
Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest city in Norway and together, the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sandnes lie ...
municipality in
Rogaland
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county,
Norway
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. The village is located in the borough of
Riska in the northern part of the municipality. It is situated about northeast of the centre of the
city of Sandnes, along the shore of the Riskafjorden, an arm off the main
Gandsfjorden
Gandsfjorden or Gandafjorden is a fjord in Rogaland county, Norway. The long Gandsfjorden is an arm off of the large Boknafjorden. It runs between the mainland and the Stavanger Peninsula in the western parts of the municipalities of Stavange ...
.
The village has a population (2019) of 6,425 and a
population density
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of .
Hommersåk has bus connections to the
city of Sandnes and boat connections to the
city of Stavanger, across the fjord. There are a few shops and a small shopping centre called ''Bryggen''. There is also a sports centre with swimming facilities. The village and its surroundings is a popular place for cottages and leisure boats among people from the
Stavanger/Sandnes area. There are two churches in the village:
Riska Church and the historic
Old Riska Church. The island of
Uskjo lies just off the coast of Hommersåk to the north.
References
Boroughs and neighbourhoods of Sandnes
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