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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.3409,Lat: 59.5388
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	3:39:16am
Name province/region	Hordaland
Name Subregion	Sveio

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Langevåg	10.1 km	NorthWest
2 Førde	11.2 km	NorthEast
3 Førdesfjorden	12.8 km	South
4 Skjold	13.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Haugesund	14.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	307 km	East
2 København	Denmark	606 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	707 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction WestSouthWest).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 40.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 354.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 496 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 92%, 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
YTRE FJORDBYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stavanger Airport, Sola (at a distance of 76 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (at a distance of 23 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.7 km2

7.4%

Nature

45.8 km2

59.5%

Wet nature

3 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

14.3 km2

18.6%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

6.9 km2

8.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sveio in country Norway

Sveio at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	95 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	187 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	225 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sveio
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sveio

Type of weather in Sveio	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	16 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	05:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam