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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0743,Lat: 59.444
Elevation	147 meter above sea level
Local time	23:09:25pm
Name province/region	Telemark
Name Subregion	Bø

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bø	3.5 km	South
2 Gvarv	8.5 km	SouthEast
3 Akkerhaug	11.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Nordagutu	14.2 km	East
5 Yli	14.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	107 km	EastNorthEast
2 København	Denmark	465 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	514 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Skagerrak is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 43 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Norsjø (56.5 km² at a height of around 14 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 145.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 204 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 55%, hill: 36%, low mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
LÅGLANDSDALFØRA I TELEMARK, BUSKERUD OG VESTFOLD

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 141 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Notodden Airport (at a distance of 16 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

47.3 km2

60.2%

Nature

5.7 km2

7.3%

Agriculture

21.5 km2

27.4%

Urban area

2.4 km2

3.1%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Folkestad in country Norway

Folkestad at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	55 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	154 km	EastSouthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	227 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bø

Type of weather in Bø	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	16 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:22 Europe/Amsterdam