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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.603,Lat: 59.665
Elevation	65 meter above sea level
Local time	0:18:36am
Name province/region	Värmlands län
Name Subregion	Arvika

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jössefors	5.7 km	West
2 Sulvik	11.2 km	West
3 Edane	13.1 km	EastSouthEast
4 Klässbol	16.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Gunnarskog	16.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	109 km	WestNorthWest
2 Stockholm	Sweden	315 km	East
3 København	Denmark	439 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Kattegat is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 92 km (direction SouthWest).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 Glafsfjorden (104.3 km² at a height of around 44 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 34.8 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 49 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Värmland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 103 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Karlstad Airport (at a distance of 48 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.8 km2

53.2%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

14.9 km2

18.9%

Urban area

10.2 km2

12.9%

Water - Lakes

8.9 km2

11.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arvika in country Sweden

Arvika at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	129 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	194 km	EastNorthEast
3 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun	Sweden	198 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bergs kltt	SE	6.9 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arvika

Type of weather in Arvika	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	16 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	04:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam