Official Name: | Hamre |
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: | 0.24 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 210 |
Population Density Km2: | 875 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5281 Valestrandsfossen |
Elevation M: | 16 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 60.5464°N 5.3583°W |
Hamre is a village in the municipality of Osterøy in Vestland county, Norway. The village of Hamre is located near the extreme western point on the island of Osterøy, across the Osterfjorden from the village of Knarvik. Hamre sits about north of the village of Valestrandfossen. The 0.24km2 village has a population (2019) of 210 and a population density of .[2] Hamre village was the administrative centre of the former municipality of Hamre, which existed from 1838 until 1964.
Findings from the Stone Age suggest that people have been living in Hamre and the surrounding area for more than 3,500 years. Hamre Church was built in the village in 1622. An inscription on the old main entrance states the church could be dated back to 1585. There had previously been a stave church at this site dating from about the year 1024. The stave church was demolished when the present church was built. The church was partially rebuilt in 1859 and restored in 1945 and 1949. There is the baptismal font made of soapstone, which is dated from around the year 1250.[3]