# Hoddevika

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Hoddevika
|other_name             = Hoddevik {{no bold|''(unofficial)''<ref name="name" />}}
|native_name            = 
|nickname               = 
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = Stadt Hoddevik.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the village valley, from access road.
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 11
| mapframe-marker = village
|pushpin_map            = Vestland#Norway
|pushpin_label          = 
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [Norway](/source/Norway)
|subdivision_type1      = [Region](/source/List_of_regions_of_Norway)
|subdivision_name1      = [Western Norway](/source/Western_Norway)
|subdivision_type2      = [County](/source/Counties_of_Norway)
|subdivision_name2      = [Vestland](/source/Vestland)
|subdivision_type3      = [District](/source/Districts_of_Norway)
|subdivision_name3      = [Nordfjord](/source/Nordfjord)
|subdivision_type4      = [Municipality](/source/List_of_municipalities_of_Norway)
|subdivision_name4      = [Stad Municipality](/source/Stad_Municipality)
|timezone1              = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time)
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 6750 Stadlandet
|coordinates            = {{coord|62.12311|5.1677|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m            = 8
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web |title=Hoddevika, Stad |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-2659114/Norge/Vestland/Stad/Hoddevika |accessdate=2025-10-07 |publisher=[yr.no](/source/yr.no)}}</ref>}}

'''Hoddevika'''<ref name="name">{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/960179 |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=[Kartverket](/source/Norwegian_Mapping_Authority) |language=no}}</ref> is a village and surf beach in [Stad Municipality](/source/Stad_Municipality) in [Vestland](/source/Vestland) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). The village is located on the western coast of the [Stadlandet](/source/Stadlandet) peninsula.

Hoddevika has good surf as it is exposed to west swells, but remains very wind-sheltered due to the surrounding high mountains.<ref name="Visit Norway">{{cite web |date=13 May 2015 |title=Hoddevik - Visit Norway |url=http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Product/?pid=89409 |accessdate=10 October 2015 |publisher=Visit Norway}}</ref> The white sand beach and a local surf-hostel add to Hoddevika's appeal.<ref name="stadsurfing">{{cite web |title=Stad Surfing Hostel and Surf Hire |url=http://stadsurfing.no/ |accessdate=10 October 2015}}</ref>

Around 14 people live year-round in the village (as of 2022).<ref>{{cite news |last=Heiberg Hellstrand |first=Selma |date=2022-08-15 |title=Flere kvinner surfer: –⁠ Har eksplodert |url=https://www.vg.no/sport/i/5G9kAE/surferne-tas-av-kvinneboelge |accessdate=2022-08-16 |newspaper=[Verdens Gang](/source/Verdens_Gang) |language=no}}</ref>

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Category:Villages in Vestland
Category:Stad Municipality

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