Mosterøy
Mosterøy is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Askje where the Askje Church is located. The 23-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1884 until 1965.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: former municipality in Rogaland, Norway
- Also known as: “Mosterøy Municipality”, “Mosteroya”, and “Mosterøya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Askje Church and Vestre Åmøy Chapel.
Askje Church
Church
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Askje Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Askje on the island of Mosterøy.
Vestre Åmøy Chapel
Church
Vestre Åmøy Chapel is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the western end of the small island of Åmøy. Vestre Åmøy Chapel is situated 3½ km south of Mosterøy.
Hausken Church
Church
Photo: Jarvin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hausken Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vikevåg on the island of Rennesøy. Hausken Church is situated 4 km north of Mosterøy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hundvåg and Randaberg.
Hundvåg
Suburb
Hundvåg is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The borough includes a number of islands lying to the north of the main city centre of Stavanger. Hundvåg is situated 8 km south of Mosterøy.
Randaberg
Town
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Randaberg is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren, at the northern end of the Stavanger Peninsula. Randaberg is situated 8 km southwest of Mosterøy.
Buøy
Suburb
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Buøy is an island in the municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Hundvåg in the city of Stavanger. The 0.6-square-kilometre island was formerly separated from the island of Hundvåg by a small channel of water, but that was filled in. Buøy is situated 9 km south of Mosterøy.
Mosterøy
- Category: former municipality of Norway
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Turkish—“Mosterøy” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Mosterøy Kommune”
- Dutch: “Mosterøy”
- Irish: “Mosterøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mosterøy kommune”
- Romanian: “Comuna Mosterøy”
- Swedish: “Mosterøy kommun”
- Turkish: “Mosterøy”
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