{{Short description|Village in Hitra Municipality, Norway}} {{about|the village in Hitra, Norway|the former municipality in Norway|Sandstad Municipality}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Sandstad |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = |image_caption = |mapframe = yes |mapframe-zoom = 11 |mapframe-marker = village |pushpin_map = Trøndelag#Norway |pushpin_label = |pushpin_label_position = top |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Norway |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Trøndelag |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Trøndelag |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Fosen |subdivision_type4 = Municipality |subdivision_name4 = Hitra Municipality |timezone1 = CET |utc_offset1 = +01:00 |timezone1_DST = CEST |utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 |area_footnotes = <ref name="ssb" /> |area_total_km2 = 0.36 |population_as_of = 2024 |population_footnotes = <ref name="ssb" /> |population_total = 207 |population_density_km2 = 575 |postal_code_type = Post Code |postal_code = 7246 Sandstad |coordinates = {{coord|63.5224|09.0954|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 17 |elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandstad, Hitra (Trøndelag) |url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Tr%C3%B8ndelag/Hitra/Sandstad/ |access-date=2018-02-15 |publisher=yr.no}}</ref>}}
thumb | right | alt=Picture of Sandstad Ferry Terminal in July 2022 | Sandstad Ferry Terminal in July 2022 '''Sandstad'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/741509 |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> is a village in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Trondheimsleia on the southeastern coast of the island of Hitra, about {{convert|6|km}} southwest of the village of Hestvika. The north entrance to the Hitra Tunnel lies just south of the village of Sandstad. The Terningen lighthouse lies in the Trondheimsleia, about {{convert|3|km}} southwest of the village. Sandstad Church is located here.<ref name="snl">{{Store norske leksikon|Sandstad_-_tettsted_på_Hitra|Sandstad (tettsted på Hitra)|2025-01-25|Haugen|Morten O.|2023-12-27}}</ref>
The {{convert|0.36|km2|acre|adj=on}} village has a population (2024) of 207 and a population density of {{convert|575|PD/km2}}.<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2024-10-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/tettsteders-befolkning-og-areal}}</ref>
==History== The village was the administrative centre of the old Sandstad Municipality which existed from 1 July 1914 until its dissolution on 1 January 1964.<ref name="snl2">{{Store norske leksikon|Sandstad_-_tidligere_kommune|Sandstad (tidligere kommune)|2025-01-25|Haugen|Morten O.|2024-11-22}}</ref>
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Category:Hitra Municipality Category:Villages in Trøndelag