is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in Herøy Municipality in

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. It is the

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of the municipality. The town is located on the island of Bergsøya, and it includes the

Eggesbønes Eggesbønes or Eggesbø is a neighborhood that is located in the southern part of the town of Fosnavåg in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Located on the southern part of the island of Bergsøya, the industrial area of E ...

area on the south side of the island. Fosnavåg is connected to the nearby village of

Kvalsund or is a village in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It was formerly the administrative centre of the old Kvalsund Municipality which existed until 2020 when it merged with Hammerfest Municipality. The village is located o ...

on the island of

Nerlandsøya Nerlandsøya is an island in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located northwest of the town of Fosnavåg and east of the island of Skorpa. The island is connected to the island Bergsøya (to the southeast) ...

via the

Nerlandsøy Bridge The Nerlandsøy Bridge () is a bridge that crosses the Søre Vaulen strait between the islands of Bergsøya and Nerlandsøya in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long Nerlandsøy Bridge opened on 25 September 1968. I ...

to the west. Fosnavåg is connected to the east by a small bridge to the island of

Leinøya Leinøya is an island in Herøy Municipality (Møre og Romsdal), Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its original name was ''Bølandet'', but Leinøya is now the official name. The island is located east of the town of Fosnav� ...

, which in turn is connected to the islands of

Remøya Remøya is an island in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located north of the municipal center of Fosnavåg. The island is connected to other islands via a network of bridges. The Remøy Bridge connects it t ...

and

Runde Runde is an island in Herøy Municipality (Møre og Romsdal), Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has a population of 113 people (as of 2015), and it is connected by the Runde Bridge to the island of Remøya to th ...

via the

Remøy Bridge The Remøy Bridge () is a bridge from connecting the islands of Leinøya and Remøya in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge carries the county road 5876 over the Nordre Vaulen strait. The bridge opened in 1967. ...

and

Runde Bridge The Runde Bridge () is a cantilever bridge that crosses the Rundasundet between the islands Remøya and Runde in Herøy Municipality (Møre og Romsdal), Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Runde Bridge is located about nort ...

. The village of

lies south of the town along the shore of the

Herøyfjorden Herøyfjorden is a fjord which bisects Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is about long and about wide, between the islands of Bergsøya and Gurskøya. The fjord has a maximum depth of . The fjord has many isl ...

, just north of the

Flåværet Flåværet (also spelled ''Flåvær'') is small group of islets and skerries in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The islands are located in the Herøyfjorden, north of the island Gurskøya and southwest of the town of Fo ...

islands and the

Flåvær Lighthouse Flåvær fyr is a coastal lighthouse in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The lighthouse is located on the island of Vardholmen which is in the Flåværet archipelago in the Herøyfjorden. The lighthouse is located southw ...

. The large island of

Gurskøya Gurskøya is an island in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Settlements The island is shared by Sande Municipality and Herøy Municipality. The villages of Haugsbygda, Gjerdsvika, Larsnes, Leikong and Moldtustranda are located on the is ...

lies south of Fosnavåg. On 7 June 2002, the municipal council voted to give Fosnavåg " town status". This is mostly symbolic, but it also means that ships harbored in Fosnavåg can be registered here instead of in other nearest towns like

Ålesund Ålesund () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality. The centre of the town of Ålesund lies on the islands of Hessa, Aspøya, Ålesund, Asp� ...

and

Ulsteinvik is a town in Ulstein Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the commercial and administrative centre of the municipality and as such, Ulsteinvik contains 74% of the municipal population. The town has a population (2024) ...

. The town has a population (2024) of 3,626 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

of .

Economy

Previously functioning mainly as an important

fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment (Freshwater ecosystem, freshwater or Marine ecosystem, marine), but may also be caught from Fish stocking, stocked Body of water, ...

port, Fosnavåg has now become a major home for various maritime companies ranging from fishing to

shipping Freight transport, also referred to as freight forwarding, is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been ...

, including

ship building Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. In modern times, it normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces i ...

Havila Shipping Havila Shipping ASA is a Norway, Norwegian shipping company, trading on the Oslo stock exchange. The company was established on 31 July 2003 and operates 22 vessels; platform supply vessel, anchor handling tug supply vessel, rescue- and recovery ...

and

Rem Offshore Rem Offshore () was a fishing and supply shipping company based in Fosnavåg, Norway. The group operated two platform supply vessels, one anchor handling tug supply vessels and two multi purpose supply vessels. In addition the group had two fish ...

are two of the large companies based here. The municipality's secondary school and the main

Herøy Church Herøy Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the town of Fosnavåg, on the island of Bergsøya. It is the church for the Herøy parish which is part of ...

are both also located here. The newspaper '' Vestlandsnytt'' is based in Fosnavåg.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fosnavaag Cities and towns in Norway Herøy, Møre og Romsdal Populated places in Møre og Romsdal 2000 establishments in Norway Populated places established in 2000

Economy

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