page_title: Lote, Norway
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Lote, Norway / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Lote seen from the ferry crossing Nordfjord
context_page_description: Lote is a village in the municipality of Stad in Vestland county, Norway. The population of Lote was 132. The village is located about 8 kilometres southeast of the village of Nordfjordeid and about 13 kilometres northwest of the village of Sandane in Gloppen Municipality. The 2.9-kilometre Lote Tunnel is a tunnel along the European route E39 that goes through a mountain north of Lote. The tunnel connects Lote with the rest of Stad municipality.
context_section_description: Starting in 1838, Lote was administratively a part of the municipality of Gloppen, despite being separated from the rest of Gloppen by the Nordfjorden. On 1 January 1992, the Lote area was transferred to the municipality of Eid (now Stad Municipality). At that time Lote had 158 inhabitants. Lote is still connected to the municipality of Gloppen by a car ferry.
caption: View of the mountains near Lote
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