Øygarden is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is an island municipality located in the traditional district of Midhordland. Since 2009, the administrative centre of Øygarden has been the village of Rong . Other villages in the municipality include Alveim, Blomvåg, and Vikavågen. The municipality consists of a chain of islands north of the municipality Fjell and northwest of the city of Bergen. Øygarden is connected to the mainland by a series of bridges and a single road running across the islands. The 67-square-kilometre municipality is the 403rd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Øygarden is the 205th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,913. The municipality's population density is 76.2 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 18.8% over the last decade.
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