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Skogsvågen

Village in Øygarden Municipality, Norway


Village in Øygarden Municipality, Norway

FieldValue
official_nameSkogsvågen
other_nameSkogsvåg
settlement_typeVillage
image_captionView of the village
mapframeyes
mapframe-zoom11
mapframe-markervillage
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameNorway
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Western Norway
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Vestland
subdivision_type3District
subdivision_name3Midhordland
subdivision_type4Municipality
subdivision_name4Øygarden Municipality
timezone1CET
utc_offset1+01:00
timezone1_DSTCEST
utc_offset1_DST+02:00
area_footnotes
area_total_km20.47
population_as_of2025
population_footnotes
population_total550
population_density_km21170
postal_code_typePost Code
postal_code5382 Skogsvåg
coordinates
elevation_m24
elevation_footnotes

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Skogsvågen is a village in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern coast of the island of Sotra, just northeast of the village of Hammarsland. The village is the site of Sund senter (a shopping center), Skogsvåg kindergarten, Skogsvåg stadium for football and athletics, Sotra Upper Secondary School, and the Sund og Sundheimen nursing home.

The 0.47 km2 village has a population (2025) of 550 and a population density of 1170 PD/km2.

History

The village was the administrative centre of the old Sund Municipality which existed until 2020.

References

References

  1. "Skogsvågen, Øygarden". [[yr.no]].
  2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
  3. Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2025-10-27). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  4. {{Cite SNL. Skogsvågen. Skogsvågen. 2025-12-16. Thorsnæs. Geir. 2025-08-01
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