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west Västra Husby sweden north Smedjebacken sweden Avan sweden nearest Nordanö sweden Axvall sweden south Fredriksberg sweden east Herstadberg sweden


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Avesta

General information - Location

CountrySweden
Location in country South
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 16.1778,Lat: 60.1397 marker
Elevation79 meter above sea level
Local time1:17:09am
Name province/region (Län)Dalarnas län
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommun)Avesta

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Nordanö3.3 km EastNorthEast
2 Fors10.7 km NorthEast
3 Norberg16.1 km SouthWest
4 Näs bruk17.1 km EastNorthEast
5 Hedemora19.3 km NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 StockholmSweden145 km SouthEast
2 Oslo   Norway305 km West
3 Tallinn   Estonia485 km East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 81 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Dal main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Bothnian Sea. The nearest bigger lake is Åmänningen (26.4 km2 at a distance of 22.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 200.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 281 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (at a distance of 112 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dala Airport (at a distance of 48 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   34.2 km2 
 43.6% 
 Nature   7.1 km2 
 9.1% 
 Wet nature   1 km2 
 1.3% 
 Agriculture   19.9 km2 
 25.3% 
 Urban area   11.6 km2 
 14.7% 
 Infrastructure   0.3 km2 
 0.4% 
 Water - Lakes   2.7 km2 
 3.5% 

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Location of Avesta in country Sweden


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Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Engelsberg IronworksSweden21 km SouthSouthWest
2 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in FalunSweden60 km NorthWest
3 Birka and HovgårdenSweden118 km SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
SvartnSE3.1 km SouthSouthEast

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