Hestvika

Hestvika[3] is a village in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.

The village is located on the eastern tip of the island of Hitra along the Trondheimsleia, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the village of Sandstad where the entrance to the Hitra Tunnel is located.

The 0.36-square-kilometre (89-acre) village has a population (2024) of 278 and a population density of 772 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,000/sq mi).

[1] Hestvika has a marina suitable for light watercraft.

[4] The Børøyholmen Lighthouse lies about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the northeast of the marina.

View of Hestvika (c. 1909)