Ottersøya is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

Nærøysund Municipality Nærøysund is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the mer ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

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. The village is located at the southwestern end of the Kvingra peninsula, just across the

Nærøysundet Nærøysundet is a strait in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village of Rørvik, is located along the Nærøysundet, on the northwestern side. The strait is crossed by the Nærøysund Bridge which connects the mainlan ...

from the town of

Rørvik Rørvik is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and administrative centre in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is on the eastern side of the Vikna archipelago on the island of Inner-Vikna. The town has a population ...

. In Ottersøya there are, among other things, grocery store, post office (Ottersøya has postcode 7940), hairdresser and petrol station. Important workplaces on Ottersøya besides trade and service are ''Nærøysund Kraftbetong A/S'', ''Noprec - Containerservice Ottersøya'' and ''Mekon AS''. In Ottersøya there is a large dry dock owned by ''Moen Slipp''. Nærøysundet school, which is a fully divided primary school plus after-school, is located in Ottersøya. Ottersøy kindergarten is also located here. The village of Torstad lies about north of Ottersøya. The

Marøysund Bridge The Marøysund Bridge () is a cantilever bridge in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The bridge crosses the Marøysundet strait and the island of Buskholmen to connect the mainland to the island of Marøya. Together with the ...

and

Nærøysund Bridge The Nærøysund Bridge () is a suspension bridge that crosses the Nærøysundet strait between the islands of Marøya and Inner-Vikna in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is ...

(which connect

Inner-Vikna Inner-Vikna is the largest of the three major islands in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the western part of the municipality and it includes the town of Rørvik, the administrative centre of Nær ...

to the mainland) lie just south of Ottersøya. Before the mainland connection to Inner-Vikna and Rørvik was established in 1981, Ottersøya was the ferry port for Rørvik. The village has a population (2024) of 262 and a

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of . The village and surrounding district has 359 inhabitants.

References

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