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'Øygarden' is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.
Øygarden was created as a new municipality January 1, 1964 - after the merger of Hjelme and parts of Herdla.
The municipality consists of a chain of islands north of the municipality Fjell.

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The name is the finite form of ''øygard'' m 'row (fence) of islands'. The first element is ''øy'' f 'island', the last element is ''gard'' m 'fence'.