Official Name: | Flatraket |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Nordfjord |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Stad Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 306 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 6717 Flatraket |
Coordinates: | 61.9739°N 5.2297°W |
Elevation M: | 17 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Flatraket is a small village in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the town of Måløy (in Kinn Municipality), about northwest of the village of Håvik, and about southwest of the village of Selje. Flatraket has a good view of the island of Silda and the Stadlandet peninsula. The population (2001) of Flatraket was 306.[2]
Traditionally, fishing and agriculture have been important for this village, and the largest business there now is AS Fiskevegn. Flatraket has a school, a kindergarten, and a grocery store.