Hasvåg

Hasvåg is a seaside village in the municipality of Flatanger in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Hasvågøya peninsula in the far southwestern edge of Flatanger. The village has about fifty inhabitants.^[2]

Hasvåg
Village
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Coordinates: 64.4448°N 10.5990°E / 64.4448; 10.5990
Country	Norway
Region	Central Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Namdalen
Municipality	Flatanger
Elevation [1]	4 m (13 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	7746 Hasvåg

On 28 January 2014, a lightning strike caused a wildfire to spread across the heather fields surrounding the village. The fire destroyed the majority of the houses in Hasvåg, but no one lost their lives.^[2][3]

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  View after the fire
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  View after the fire

References

1. "Hasvåg, Flatanger (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
2. Rosvold, Knut A., ed. (2014-02-04). "Hasvåg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
3. Ashraf, Ahmad Fawad (2014-01-28). "Hele Hasvåg står i brann, og er ikke mulig å redde". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-04-16.

External links

• Aerial view of the village in 2014