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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0998,Lat: 58.9004
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	20:05:21pm
Name province/region	Rogaland
Name Subregion	Forsand

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Høle	5.3 km	West
2 Oltedal	8.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Gilja	13.5 km	SouthEast
4 Jørpeland	14 km	North
5 Hommersåk	14.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	287 km	EastNorthEast
2 København	Denmark	527 km	SouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	689 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Forsand lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named SE South West. The nearest bigger lake is Storavatnet (9 km² at a height of around 26 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.3 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 308.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 432 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 50%, hill: 44%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
MIDTRE BYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stavanger Airport, Sola (at a distance of 27 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (at a distance of 71 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.3 km2

46.8%

Nature

15.2 km2

28.2%

Agriculture

11.1 km2

20.5%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forsand in country Norway

Forsand at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	172 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	179 km	NorthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	276 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Forsand
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forsand

Type of weather in Forsand	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	16 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	05:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam