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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 20.367,Lat: 63.7069
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	14:02:29pm
Name province/region	Västerbottens län
Name Subregion	Umeå

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Obbola	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Stöcke	8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Stöcksjö	11.7 km	NorthWest
4 Innertavle	11.8 km	North
5 Röbäck	14.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	463 km	SouthEast
2 Stockholm	Sweden	507 km	South
3 Tallinn	Estonia	532 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Holmsund lies at the Gulf of Bothnia (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kokemaen coastal: Karvian, Narpion, Laihian, part of the larger catchment area Kokemäenjoki-Archipelago Sea-Bothnian Sea. The nearest bigger lake is Bygdeträsket (29.6 km² at a distance of 72 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 284.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 398 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 52%, low location: 48%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Västerbotten

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 450 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Umeå Airport (at a distance of 10 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.3 km2

53.8%

Nature

1 km2

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.8%

Urban area

7 km2

13.3%

Water - Lakes

13.9 km2

26.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Holmsund in country Sweden

Holmsund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	65 km	SouthEast
2 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	229 km	North
3 Old Rauma	Finland	293 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Umelvens delta	SE	0.8 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Holmsund

Type of weather in Holmsund	moderate rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	16 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	04:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam