Vats, Rogaland Explained

Official Name:Vats
Other Name:Vatne
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Rogaland#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Rogaland county
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Western Norway
Subdivision Name2:Rogaland
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Haugaland
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Vindafjord
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:5578 Nedre Vats
Elevation M:25
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:59.4917°N 5.7336°W

Vats or Vatne is a village in Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located in the traditional district of Haugalandet between the southern end of the lake Vatsvatnet and the northern end of the Vatsfjorden. It sits about southwest of the village of Sandeid and about southeast of the village of Skjold. Vats Church is located in this village.

The village was the administrative center of the old municipality of Vats from 1891 until the municipality's dissolution in 1965.

The village area is an important industrial location. The oil platforms Statfjord, Gullfaks and Troll were all built here. The Norwegian computer and software company Hatteland Group responsible for the AutoStore system is also headquartered in the village.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vatne, Vindafjord (Rogaland). yr.no. no. 2015-06-30.