Official Name: | Rong |
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: | Midhordland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Øygarden |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5337 Rong |
Elevation M: | 16 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 60.5122°N 4.9025°W |
Rong is a village in Øygarden municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village takes up most of the island of Rongøyna. The main road in the village is Norwegian county road 561 which runs north-south and connects the island to Toftøyna island to the south via the Rongesundet Bridge (over the Rongesundet strait) and to the island of Blomøyna to the north.[2]
The local sports team is IL Skjergard. There is a scallops hatchery located at Rong. The village is the site of two municipal schools: Rong School (grades 1-7), serving southern Øygarden, and Øygarden School (grades 8-10), serving the whole municipality.
The village was made the administrative centre of Øygarden municipality in 2009. Prior to that time, the village of Tjeldstø on the island of Alvøyna was the administrative centre. In 2020, there was a large municipal merger and the municipal centre was moved to Straume.[3]