Sirevåg
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Sirevåg is a village in the municipality of Hå
, Norway
. Its population (2005) is 385.
Sirevåg is a train station on Jærbanen
. Only local trains stop at Sirevåg (not express or regional ones).
The main source of income is shrimp (both harvesting and processing), fishing and agriculture; dairy, fur, beef, pork, sheep and potatoes.
Sirevåg has a very large mole
/breakwater protecting its harbour which is Europe's second largest humeral mole.
Hå
Hå is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Hå is the southernmost municipality in the district Jæren.The parish of Haa was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . It was divided into Nærbø and Varhaug in 1894. The municipality of Hå was created after the merger of Nærbø, Varhaug,...
, 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...
. Its population (2005) is 385.
Sirevåg is a train station on Jærbanen
Jærbanen
The Jæren Line long railway line between Stavanger and Egersund, in Jæren, Norway. The line is officially the western-most part of the Sørland Line. Owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration, the line has double track from Stavanger Station to Sandnes Station, and single track from...
. Only local trains stop at Sirevåg (not express or regional ones).
The main source of income is shrimp (both harvesting and processing), fishing and agriculture; dairy, fur, beef, pork, sheep and potatoes.
Sirevåg has a very large mole
Mole (architecture)
A mole is a massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater, or a causeway between places separated by water. The word comes from Middle French mole and ultimately Latin mōlēs meaning a large mass, especially of rock and has the same root as molecule.Historically, the term "mole"...
/breakwater protecting its harbour which is Europe's second largest humeral mole.