Editing Eik, Rogaland

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Eik
|other_name             = Hovsherad
|native_name            = 
|nickname               = 
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = Eik-by-day.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the satellite station in Eik
|pushpin_map            = Rogaland#Norway
|pushpin_label_position = left
|pushpin_mapsize        = 
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in [[Rogaland]] county
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]] 
|subdivision_name1      = [[Western Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]] 
|subdivision_name2      = [[Rogaland]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Dalane]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Lund, Norway|Lund]]
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]] 
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] 
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 4462 Hovsherad
|elevation_m            = 87
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Rogaland/Lund/Eik/|title=Eik, Lund (Rogaland)|publisher=[[yr.no]]|language=no|access-date=2016-07-22}}</ref>
|coordinates            = {{coord|58|31|31|N|06|29|46|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Eik''' is a village in [[Lund, Norway|Lund]] municipality in [[Rogaland]] county, [[Norway]].  The village is located about {{convert|9|km}} north of the municipal centre of [[Moi, Norway|Moi]].  The small village lies in an area called ''Hovsherad'' on the north shore of the lake [[Hovsvatnet]].  The river Storåni runs through Eik.

Since 1981 it has had a station for worldwide [[Inmarsat]] access.  It is part of a [[communication]] system that is used by [[Denmark]], and other countries.  The ''Eik treskofabrikk'' company is a [[clog]] factory also located in Eik.

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[[Category:Villages in Rogaland]]
[[Category:Lund, Norway]]


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