Official Name: | Fotlandsvåg |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
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: | Nordhordland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Osterøy |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.4 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 313 |
Population Density Km2: | 783 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5283 Fotlandsvåg |
Elevation M: | 9 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 60.5894°N 5.5239°W |
Fotlandsvåg is a village in Osterøy municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the island of Osterøy, along the Osterfjorden. The village lies in the northeastern part of the municipality, about southwest of the village of Tysso and about the same distance northeast of the village of Hosanger. The village of Ostereidet lies just across the 3km (02miles) wide Osterfjorden.
The 0.4km2 village has a population (2019) of 313 and a population density of .[2] The main industries in the village are furniture manufacturing and fish farming as well as a hotel "Fjordslottet".[3]