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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.0876,Lat: 65.8159
Elevation	501 meter above sea level
Local time	15:06:01pm
Name province/region	Västerbottens län
Name Subregion	Storuman

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tärnaby	14.7 km	SouthEast
2 Hattfjelldal	55.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Korgen	65.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Bjerka	68.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Storforshei	70 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	690 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Stockholm	Sweden	744 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	805 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Norwegian Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 68 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Norway.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Umea Upper, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Gäuta (32.4 km² at a distance of 14.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 21.3 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 34%, low mountains: 43%, moderate high mountains: 23%, 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
Lappland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Trondheim Airport, Værnes (at a distance of 329 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Hemavan Airport (at a distance of 1.1 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.8 km2

46.8%

Nature

30.1 km2

38.3%

Wet nature

5.4 km2

6.9%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

3.8 km2

4.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hemavan/Bierke in country Sweden

Hemavan/Bierke at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	156 km	West
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	201 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	321 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vindelfjllen	SE	1.2 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Björkfors

Type of weather in Björkfors	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	17 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	04:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam