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Øvre Årdal

General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8053,Lat: 61.3094
Elevation	49 meter above sea level
Local time	2:26:52am
Name province/region (Fylke)	Sogn og Fjordane
Wiki-website Kommune (Kommune)	Årdal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Årdalstangen	9.2 km	SouthWest
2 Seimsdalen	11 km	SouthWest
3 Lærdalsøyri	29.3 km	SouthWest
4 Gaupne	29.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Hafslo	31.6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	223 km	SouthEast
2 Stockholm	Sweden	613 km	EastSouthEast
3 København	Denmark	681 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Norwegian Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West. The nearest bigger lake is Tyin (33.1 km² at a height of around 1083 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Storen Skarstølstindane with a height of 2405 meter (at a distance of 17.3 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 235.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 330 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 10%, hill: 17%, low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 45%, high mountains: 0%, 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
INDRE BYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 181 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.6 km2

50.5%

Nature

30.3 km2

38.5%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

0.7 km2

0.9%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

5 km2

6.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Øvre Årdal in country Norway

Øvre Årdal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	25 km	West
2 West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord	Norway	96 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	165 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Farnes

Type of weather in Farnes	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1035 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 18 October 2026:	9 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam