Uthaug is a village in the municipality of Ørland

Ørland

Ørland is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brekstad. Other villages include Uthaug, Opphaug, and Ottersbo...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

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. It is located on the south shore of the Bjugnfjorden

Bjugnfjorden

The Bjugnfjorden is a fjord in the municipalities of Bjugn and Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It lies about north of the Stjørnfjorden. The long fjord runs from the village of Botngård west past the Kjeungskjær lighthouse into the Atlantic Ocean. Other villages along the fjord include...

 about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the village of Opphaug

Opphaug

Opphaug is a village in the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the Ørland peninsula about east of the village of Uthaug, northwest of Ottersbo and Austrått, and northeast of Brekstad....

, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the town of Brekstad

Brekstad

Brekstad is the administrative centre of the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the Trondheimsfjord at the entrance to the Stjørnfjord. It is about south of Uthaug and about west of Austrått and Ottersbo....

, and about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the Kjeungskjær lighthouse

Kjeungskjær lighthouse

The Kjeungskær lighthouse is a lighthouse in the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse is located on a tiny island at the mouth of the Bjugnfjorden about west of the village of Uthaug and south of the village of Nes in Bjugn....

. Ørland Airport lies just south of the village.

The 0.42 square kilometres (103.8 acre) village has a population (2009) of 414. This gives the village a population density

Population density

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 of 986 PD/km2.

Uthaug is home to fish processing

Fish processing

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 and concrete

Concrete

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 manufacturing industries. It also has a good harbor

Harbor

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 with a breakwater

Breakwater

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. The Uthaugsgården museum

Museum

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 is an old preserved trading post

Trading post

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that is located in the village.