Sula, Sør-Trøndelag
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Sula is an island group in the municipality of Frøya in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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 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 located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Mausund
Mausund
Mausund is a small village and an island group in the municipality of Frøya in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about northwest of the island of Frøya, roughly between the islands of Sula and Halten....

 and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of the island of Frøya.

The Sula lighthouse
Sula Lighthouse
Sula lighthouse is a lighthouse on the island of Sula in the municipality of Frøya in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse was originally built here in 1793 and another in 1804. The current tower was built in 1904. It is part of a series of lighthouses along the municipality of Frøya...

 and Sula chapel
Sula Chapel
Sula Chapel is a small church on the island of Sula in the municipality of Frøya in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The chapel was built in 1925 on the site of the old church that was on Sula from the 1400s until 1755 when it was moved to the island of Frøya . The chapel is located just below the...

 are both located on the main island of Sula. The village area of Sula covers for islands, connected by bridges with ferry connections to Sistranda
Sistranda
Sistranda is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Frøya in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the east side of the island of Frøya, about north of Hammarvika and the Frøya Tunnel. The village has a population of 714.Sistranda has schools representing all...

 and Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

. The 119 residents (in 2001) mostly work in fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

, fish processing
Fish processing
The term fish processing refers to the processes associated with fish and fish products between the time fish are caught or harvested, and the time the final product is delivered to the customer...

, and fish farming
Fish farming
Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. A facility that releases young fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species'...

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