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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.304,Lat: 59.7946
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	14:05:56pm
At island	Bømlo
Name province/region	Hordaland
Name Subregion	Bømlo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rubbestadneset	3.2 km	NorthWest
2 Sagvåg	5.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Svortland	6.6 km	West
4 Melandsvågen	7.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Valvatna	7.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	305 km	East
2 København	Denmark	627 km	SouthEast
3 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	697 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Foldrøy lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast).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 41.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Bømlo. The distance to the mainland is 6.4 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 361.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 506 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 94%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
YTRE FJORDBYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 56 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 2.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.8 km2

53.7%

Nature

16.6 km2

30.9%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

4.5 km2

8.3%

Urban area

1.9 km2

3.6%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Foldrøy in country Norway

Foldrøy at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	67 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	185 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	201 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Foldrøy
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Filming Location	IMDB Foldrøy
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Webcams (Within 20km)

Name webcam: Mehammar: E39 - Sandvikvåg

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2023-12-08 13:43:17
Placename webcam: Mehammar - Vestland - Norway
Bings maps Mehammar

Name webcam: Leirvik

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2023-12-08 13:47:37
Placename webcam: Leirvik - Vestland - Norway
Bings maps Leirvik

Name webcam: Leirvik: Leirvik Gjestehamn

Current time

Current weather at Folderøy

Type of weather in Folderøy	clear sky
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 8 December 2023:	6 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	09:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:37 Europe/Amsterdam