Karmøy Municipality

Karmøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is the most populated municipality in both the traditional district of Haugaland and the Haugesund Region, a statistical metropolitan area. Karmøy Municipality was established in 1965 upon the merger of seven former municipalities. It has three towns: Kopervik on the east coast of the main island, which is the administrative centre, Åkrehamn on the west coast, and Skudeneshavn at the southern tip. There are also many notable villages including Avaldsnes, Eike, Ferkingstad, Kolnes, Norheim, Sandve, Torvastad, Veavågen, Visnes, and Vormedal.