Osterøy

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Osterøy kommune

County

Hordaland

District

Municipality

[[ISO 3166-2:NO>NO-1253]]

Administrative centre

Lonevåg

Mayor (2003 Kari F. Aakre)

Official language form

Nynorsk

Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage

275 Square kilometre>km²
270 km²
0.08 %

Population
- Total (as of 2004>2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density

Ranked 140
7,174
0.16 %
2.8 %
27/km²

Coordinates

[www.osteroy.kommune.no]
[Data from Statistics Norway]

Coordinates: Osterøy is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Osterøy is the largest inland island in Norway. It is located just northeast of Bergen, surrounded by the fjords Osterfjorden and Sørfjorden. Nineteenth century musician and composer Ole Bull had a home on the island at Valestrand. The Havrå farm is located on the island.

The town hall is located in Lonevåg in the centre of the island. The village with the biggest population is Valestrandsfossen with 953 inhabitants . The mayor is Kari Foseid Aakre from the Norwegian Labour Party.

History

Haus in Osterøy

On January 1, 1964 a part of Haus municipality located on the island Osterøy was moved to Osterøy municipality .

References

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