Official Name: | Hosanger |
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 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5282 Lonevåg |
Elevation M: | 3 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 60.575°N 5.4775°W |
Hosanger is a village in Osterøy municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Osterfjorden on the northern shore of the island of Osterøy. The village is north of the municipal centre of Lonevåg and about southwest of Fotlandsvåg.
The village was the administrative center of the old Hosanger municipality which existed from 1838 until 1964. Hosanger Church is located in the village.