Osterøy

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	Osterøy
Basic data
Commune number :	4630
Province  (county) :	Vestland
Administrative headquarters:	Lonevåg
Coordinates :	60 ° 31 '  N , 5 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 60 ° 31 '  N , 5 ° 32'  E
Surface:	255.12 km²
Residents:	8,098  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	Nynorsk
Website:	osteroy.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Lars Fjeldstad  ( Sp ) (2019)
Location in the province of Vestland

Osterøy is a municipality in Fylke Vestland, Norway . It makes up about 78% of the area of ​​the island of the same name, Osterøy .

Commune

The most important places in Osterøy municipality are:

• Lonevåg (the community center),
• House ,
• Valestrandsfossen ,
• Hamre ,
• Fotlandsvåg ,
• Tyssebotn ,
• Gjerstad .

traffic

Veafjord from the (northern) Osterøy Bridge over the Kallestadsund

Since the north-east of the island is inaccessible mountains, it has two separate road networks. The much larger one opens up the municipality of Osterøy and the south of the part of the island belonging to Vaksdal. It only received a permanent connection to the mainland in 1997 with the completion of the Osterøy Bridge ( Osterøybroen ) across the eastern end of the Sørfjord. At the other end of the bridge there is a stop for the Bergen Railway . The northern network, only about 10 km long, consists of a road with a few short spur roads that has been linked to the mainland by the bridge over the Kallestadsund since 1985.

Culture

Havrå Museum Farm, with Sørfjord in the background

Far in the south of the island is the Havrå farm , also called Havretunet , today a museum, one of the best preserved individual farms in Western Norway .

Personalities

The composer Ole Bull once had a country house on the island (in Valestrand) and the young politician Tore Eikeland was born on Osterøy.

See also

• Sørfjord (disambiguation)

Web links

Commons : Osterøy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning