Hotels at Sorsele booking.com

Sorsele

Booking.com

Sorsele

General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 17.533,Lat: 65.5274
Elevation	336 meter above sea level
Local time	6:12:14am
Name province/region	Västerbottens län
Name Subregion	Sorsele

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Storuman	51.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Stensele	53.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Arjeplog	59.3 km	North
4 Malå	68.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Kristineberg	71.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stockholm	Sweden	696 km	South
2 Helsinki	Finland	708 km	SouthEast
3 Oslo	Norway	712 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 174 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vindel, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Storvindeln (54.5 km² at a distance of 12.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 126.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 177 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, 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 392 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Storuman Airport (at a distance of 63 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.5 km2

41.4%

Nature

28.7 km2

36.5%

Wet nature

7.6 km2

9.6%

Agriculture

2.7 km2

3.4%

Urban area

2 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

5.1 km2

6.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sorsele in country Sweden

Sorsele at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	200 km	North
2 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	209 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	269 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vindellven	SE	0.3 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sorsele

Type of weather in Sorsele	snow
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	16 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	04:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:16 Europe/Amsterdam