Veavågen (historically ''Vedavågen'') is an urban village in

Karmøy Karmøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is southwest of the town of Haugesund in the traditional district of Haugaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kopervik. Most of the municipality lies on ...

municipality in

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county,

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. It is located on the western shore of the island of

, about halfway between the towns of

Kopervik Kopervik is the largest town on the island of Karmøy in Rogaland county, Norway. It is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Karmøy. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. The town was also an independent munic ...

and

Åkrehamn or Åkrahamn (commonly known as simply ''Åkra'') is a small town in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located on the west side of the island of Karmøy in the traditional district of Haugaland. The town sits about ...

. The

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854 runs through the east side of the village. The economy of Veavågen is centered around

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and related industries. The local sports club is name
SK Vedavåg Karmøy
Vedavågen Church was built here in 2009 in a

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style. Storhall Karmøy, one of the biggest athlete halls in the district was built here in 2014-2015 The village has a population (2014) of 2,968; giving it a

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of . Since 2015, the population of the urban area of Veavågen has been included within the town of

and separate statistics are no longer tracked by

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. Prior to that time it was a ''tettsted'' which is an urban area in Norway, although it has never been granted town status under Norwegian law. The name "Veavågen" is commonly shortened to "Vea". The name originates from one of the historical farms in the area, called "Vea"

Name

For several years, road signage and the postal service used the spelling ''"Vedavågen"'' and some of the locals used the spelling ''"Veavågen"''. On 25 November 2013, Karmøy's municipal council declared that ''"Veavågen"'' was the proper spelling. The mailing areas associated with the village were changed to "Veavågen" effective 1 October 2014.

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A picture taken from the Salvøy bridge

A map of the environment
Villages in Rogaland Karmøy {{Rogaland-geo-stub