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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7872,Lat: 58.0922
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	18:47:43pm
Name province/region	Vest-Agder
Name Subregion	Farsund

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vanse	5.7 km	West
2 Vestbygda	11.7 km	West
3 Svenevik	14.1 km	East
4 Skomrak	16.3 km	East
5 Lyngdal	17.3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	305 km	NorthEast
2 København	Denmark	441 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	648 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Farsund lies at the North Sea (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named SE South West. The nearest bigger lake is Lundevatnet (26.1 km² at a height of around 169 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 286.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 401 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 66%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
SKAGERRAKKYSTEN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stavanger Airport, Sola (at a distance of 110 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (at a distance of 78 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.1 km2

51.4%

Nature

8.8 km2

17.3%

Agriculture

10 km2

19.6%

Urban area

3.9 km2

7.7%

Water - Lakes

2.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Farsund in country Norway

Farsund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	224 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bryggen	Norway	269 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	275 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Farsund
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Farsund

Type of weather in Farsund	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam