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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.1778,Lat: 60.1397
Elevation	79 meter above sea level
Local time	5:45:08am
Name province/region	Dalarnas län
Name Subregion	Avesta

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nordanö	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Fors	10.7 km	NorthEast
3 Norberg	16.1 km	SouthWest
4 Näs bruk	17.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Hedemora	19.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stockholm	Sweden	145 km	SouthEast
2 Oslo	Norway	305 km	West
3 Tallinn	Estonia	485 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 81 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Dal main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Bothnian Sea. The nearest bigger lake is Åmänningen (26.4 km² at a distance of 22.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 200.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 281 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern 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
Dalarna

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (at a distance of 112 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dala Airport (at a distance of 48 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.2 km2

43.6%

Nature

7.1 km2

9.1%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

19.9 km2

25.3%

Urban area

11.6 km2

14.7%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

2.7 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Avesta in country Sweden

Avesta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	21 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun	Sweden	60 km	NorthWest
3 Birka and Hovgården	Sweden	118 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Svartn	SE	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Avesta

Type of weather in Avesta	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	04:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam