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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.4742,Lat: 59.6135
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	19:16:15pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Hordaland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Sveio
Other place with same name 1	Førde Sogn og Fjordane - Førde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mosterhamn	11.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Sveio	11.2 km	SouthWest
3 Skjold	13.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Langevåg	14.9 km	West
5 Ølensvåg	15.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	298 km	East
2 København	Denmark	606 km	SouthEast
3 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	715 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Førde lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named SE South West. The nearest bigger lake is Stordalsvatnet (8.2 km² at a height of around 50 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31.1 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 348.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 488 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 95%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
YTRE FJORDBYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 77 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 21 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.4 km2

75.7%

Nature

1.9 km2

3.3%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

7.9 km2

14.2%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Førde in country Norway

Førde at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	87 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	178 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	214 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sveio

Type of weather in Sveio	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	08:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:59 Europe/Amsterdam