Utøy
| Utøy Utøya | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Utøy Location in Nord-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°51′26″N 11°07′40″E / 63.85722°N 11.12778°ECoordinates: 63°51′26″N 11°07′40″E / 63.85722°N 11.12778°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Trøndelag |
| County | Nord-Trøndelag |
| District | Innherred |
| Municipality | Inderøy |
| Elevation[1] | 164 m (538 ft) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Post Code | 7670 Inderøy |
Utøy or Utøya is a village area in the municipality of Inderøy in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village sits about half way between Vangshylla (to the southwest) and Sakshaug (to the northeast). Kjerknesvågen lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the north, and the Trondheimsfjord lies just to the south. The "Utøy area" generally includes the area around the village which is the southern part of the Inderøy peninsula.
Economy
The predominant employment in for the Utøy area is agriculture, as in the rest of Inderøy, in addition to functioning as a suburb of Steinkjer, Verdal, and Levanger. There is no notable industry, but the area has a Coop Marked grocery store, Utøy School, kindergarten, Sakshaug Church, and amateur theatre.
At nearby Vangshylla there is a hotel that specializes in fishing tourism in the fjord, a boat harbor, and also located there is the Skarnsund Bridge that when it opened in 1991 was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world and connects Mosvik to Innherred.
Notable residents
Notable people from Utøy include Willy Ustad, a novelist, and Ole Richter, Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm.