Sandstad is a village in

Hitra Hitra is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality covers the Hitra (island), island of Hitra and hundreds smaller islands, islets, and Skerry, skerries. It is part of the ...

municipality in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

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. The village is located along the Trondheimsleia on the southeastern coast of the island of Hitra, about southwest of the village of

Hestvika Hestvika is a village in the municipality of Hitra in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern tip of the island of Hitra along the Trondheimsleia, about east of the village of Sandstad and the entrance to the Hitra T ...

. The north entrance to the Hitra Tunnel lies just south of the village of Sandstad. The Terningen lighthouse lies in the Trondheimsleia, about southwest of the village. In 2018, there were about 229 residents in the village. Sandstad Church is located here. The village was the

administrative centre An administrative center 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 administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...

of the old municipality of Sandstad which existed from 1 July 1914 until its dissolution on 1 January 1964.

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Hitra Villages in Trøndelag {{Trøndelag-geo-stub