Editing Osterøy (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Osteröy Sörfjorden Trengereid IMG 3726.JPG|thumb|left|Osterøy island, located above the fjord in the picture]]
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The municipality sits on the island of [[Osterøy (island)|Osterøy]], and it is surrounded by several fjords: [[Osterfjorden]]-[[Romarheimsfjorden]], [[Sørfjorden (Osterøy)|Sørfjorden]], and [[Veafjorden]]. The highest mountain in the municipality is the {{convert|868|m|adj=on}} tall [[Høgafjellet]] on the municipal border with Vaksdal. The [[Lonevågen]] fjord cuts in the center of the island, with the village of [[Lonevåg]] sitting at the end of the fjord.

===Settlements===
Osterøy contains six [[urban area|"urban settlements"]], as defined by [[Statistics Norway]] (with populations listed from 1 January 2016): [[Valestrandfossen]] (1,218 inhabitants), [[Lonevåg]] (875 inhabitants), [[Hausvik]] (655 inhabitants), Haugo (617 inhabitants), [[Fotlandsvåg]] (320 inhabitants), and [[Hamre, Osterøy|Hamre]] (217 inhabitants).<ref name="ssb1" />  Other rural settlements in Osterøy include [[Austbygdi, Osterøy|Austbygdi]], [[Bruvik, Hordaland|Bruvik]], [[Gjerstad, Hordaland|Gjerstad]], and [[Hosanger (village)|Hosanger]].