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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.326,Lat: 59.9208
Elevation	52 meter above sea level
Local time	6:12:56am
At island	Stord
Name province/region	Hordaland
Name Subregion	Fitjar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rubbestadneset	12.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bekkjarvik	12.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Foldrøy	14.1 km	South
4 Svortland	16.1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Sagvåg	16.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	303 km	East
2 København	Denmark	635 km	SouthEast
3 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	692 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Fitjar lies at the North Sea (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West. The nearest bigger lake is Stordalsvatnet (8.2 km² at a height of around 50 meter above sea level) at a distance of 46.3 km in SouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Stord. The distance to the mainland is 2.8 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 360.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 504 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 50%, hill: 40%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
KYSTBYGDENE PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 42 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 14 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.7 km2

7.6%

Nature

38.6 km2

62.3%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

14.3 km2

23.1%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

2.9 km2

4.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fitjar in country Norway

Fitjar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	53 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	183 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	189 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Fitjar
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Fitjar
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fitjar

Type of weather in Fitjar	clear sky
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 18 April 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam