Hommelvik is the

administrative centre 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 Belgi ...

Malvik Municipality Malvik is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik i ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

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. The village is located at the end of the ''Hommelvika'', a

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

off of the

Trondheimsfjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's List of Norwegian fjords, third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from Ørl ...

. Hommelvik is about southwest of the village of

Muruvika Muruvika is a village in Malvik Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located near the end of the Stjørdalsfjorden, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord. The village sits about north of the village of Hommelvik, the municipal cen ...

, about southeast of the village of

Smiskaret Smiskaret or Smiskardet is a village in Malvik Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Stjørdalsfjorden, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, about northwest of the village of Hommelvik. The village had a popul ...

, about east of the village of

Vikhammer Vikhammer is a village in Malvik Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, about east of the village of Hundhammeren. The villages of Hundhammeren, Vikhammer, Saksvik (all in Mal ...

, and about north of the village of Sneisen. The river Homla runs north through the village, emptying into the fjord. The name of the village is derived from the river name. The village has a population (2025) of 5,925 and a

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of . Hommelvik Church is located in the village, just south of the shoreline. The

European route E6 European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the countr ...

highway runs around the village and the

Trøndelag Commuter Rail The Trøndelag Commuter Rail (, ) is a commuter train service operating in Trøndelag county, Norway. It was operated with NSB Class 92, Class 92 diesel multiple units by Vy (formerly Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996), Norwegian State Railw ...

has a stop at Hommelvik Station.

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* {{Authority control Villages in Trøndelag Malvik