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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.3625,Lat: 59.2608
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	17:11:00pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Vestfold
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Stokke

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tønsberg	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Sem	2.9 km	NorthWest
3 Melsomvik	4.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Stokke	5.7 km	SouthWest
5 Vollen	6.3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	76 km	NorthNorthEast
2 København	Denmark	416 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	441 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vear lies at the Skagerrak (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Vansjø (38.3 km² at a height of around 24 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 69.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 98 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 83%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
SKAGERRAKKYSTEN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 112 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (at a distance of 10 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.5 km2

16.1%

Nature

2.2 km2

Wet nature

2.4 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

33.2 km2

46.4%

Urban area

17.2 km2

24.1%

Water - Lakes

2.4 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vear in country Norway

Vear at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	84 km	SouthEast
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	121 km	NorthWest
3 Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg	Sweden	268 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tønsberg

Type of weather in Tønsberg	clear sky
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	08:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:42 Europe/Amsterdam