Official Name: | Hatlestrand |
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: | Sunnhordland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Kvinnherad |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.22 |
Population As Of: | 2013 |
Population Total: | 227 |
Population Density Km2: | 1032 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5635 Hatlestrand |
Elevation M: | 53 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 60.0464°N 5.9019°W |
Hatlestrand is a village in Kvinnherad municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Hardangerfjorden, northeast of the villages of Husa and Ølve. The village has a ferry port called Gjermundshamn, which has regular ferry connections to the island of Varaldsøy and to Årsnes on the opposite side of the fjord. Hatlestrand Church is located in the village.[2]
The 0.22km2 urban area of Gjermundshamn has a population (2015) of 225, giving the village a population density of .[3] The rest of the Hatlestrand area is more rural with another 250 residents.