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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.5989,Lat: 67.3503
Elevation	42 meter above sea level
Local time	19:23:02pm
Name province/region	Nordland
Name Subregion	Sørfold

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fauske	13.3 km	SouthWest
2 Strømsnes	18.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Rognan	28.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Sulitjelma	31.3 km	SouthEast
5 Misvær	36.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	858 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Stockholm	Sweden	906 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	924 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Straumen lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Straumvatnet (6.9 km² at a height of around 4 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.4 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Blåmannen with a height of 1540 meter (at a distance of 19.7 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 23.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 59%, hill: 24%, low mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
FJORDBYGDENE I NORDLAND OG TROMS

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 290 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bodø Airport (at a distance of 54 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.6 km2

57.2%

Nature

12.4 km2

17.9%

Wet nature

2.7 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

4.3 km2

6.2%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.6%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

8.4 km2

12.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Straumen in country Norway

Straumen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	86 km	East
2 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	257 km	SouthWest
3 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	346 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Straumen

Type of weather in Straumen	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	18 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	03:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:10 Europe/Amsterdam