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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.5018,Lat: 59.7843
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	22:16:25pm
At island	Stord
Name province/region	Hordaland
Name Subregion	Stord

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valvatna	4.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Sagvåg	6.2 km	West
3 Foldrøy	11.2 km	West
4 Mosterhamn	11.4 km	SouthWest
5 Sæbøvik	12 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	294 km	East
2 København	Denmark	618 km	SouthEast
3 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	708 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Leirvik lies at the North Sea (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West. The nearest bigger lake is Stordalsvatnet (8.2 km² at a height of around 50 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Stord. The distance to the mainland is 2.8 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 350 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 490 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
YTRE FJORDBYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 59 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 9.1 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.7 km2

49.2%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

10.5 km2

23.8%

Urban area

7.8 km2

17.5%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leirvik in country Norway

Leirvik at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	69 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	174 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	197 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leirvik

Type of weather in Leirvik	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	05:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam