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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.6977,Lat: 59.0517
Elevation	48 meter above sea level
Local time	8:14:56am
Name province/region	Västra Götalands län
Name Subregion	Åmål

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tösse	9.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Fengersfors	14.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Säffle	15.8 km	NorthEast
4 Svanskog	16.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Värmlandsbro	23.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	147 km	NorthWest
2 Stockholm	Sweden	310 km	East
3 København	Denmark	371 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Kattegat is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 71 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Norway.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gota main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Skagerrak and Kattegat. The nearest bigger lake is Vänern (5572 km² at a height of around 43 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.8 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 52.9 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 74 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Dalsland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 156 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Karlstad Airport (at a distance of 57 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.8 km2

53.1%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

13.1 km2

16.7%

Urban area

6.3 km2

Water - Lakes

13.8 km2

17.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Åmål in country Sweden

Åmål at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	88 km	WestSouthWest
2 Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	213 km	EastNorthEast
3 Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg	Sweden	218 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tsse skrgrd	SE	4.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Åmål

Type of weather in Åmål	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	16 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	04:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam