Flatraket is a small village in

Stad Municipality Stad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality includes much of the northern shore of the Nordfjorden as well as the Stad peninsula. The administrative centre of the ...

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county,

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. The village is located about northeast of the town of

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(in

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), about northwest of the village of

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, and about southwest of the village of Selje. Flatraket has a good view of the island of Silda and the Stadlandet peninsula. The population (2001) of Flatraket was 306. Traditionally,

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and

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have been important for this village, and the largest business there now is AS Fiskevegn. Flatraket has a school, a kindergarten, and a grocery store.

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Stad, Norway Villages in Vestland {{Vestland-geo-stub