Hokstad
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Hokstad is a village on the island of Ytterøya
in the municipality of Levanger
in Nord-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is the largest settlement on the island. The village has a ferry quay that serves the Levanger–Hokstad Ferry
that connects the island to the town of Levanger
on the mainland. Ytterøy Church
lies just to the north of the village.
Ytterøya
Ytterøya is an island in the Trondheimsfjord in the municipality of Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The long island has an area of with 494 inhabitants . The highest point is the tall Sanstadkammen. The island has good agricultural land and has settlements across the whole island...
in the municipality of Levanger
Levanger
Levanger is a town and municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger...
in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is the largest settlement on the island. The village has a ferry quay that serves the Levanger–Hokstad Ferry
Levanger–Hokstad Ferry
The Levanger–Hokstad Ferry is an automobile ferry on Norwegian National Road 774 that connects the island of Ytterøya to the mainland and municipal centre of Levanger. The long passage on the Trondheimfjord is performed with the double-ended ferries MF Yttringen and operated by Tide Sjø making 11...
that connects the island to the town of Levanger
Levanger
Levanger is a town and municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger...
on the mainland. Ytterøy Church
Ytterøy Church
Ytterøy Church is a parish church in the municipality of Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the island of Ytterøya, just north of the village of Hokstad. The church is part of the Ytterøy parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The wooden church...
lies just to the north of the village.