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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.3133,Lat: 60.2088
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	18:46:14pm
Name province/region (Län)	Dalarnas län
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommun)	Avesta
Other place with same name 1	Fors Poitou-Charentes - Deux-Sèvres

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nordanö	8 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Näs bruk	9.1 km	East
3 Avesta	10.7 km	SouthWest
4 Horndal	11.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Garpenberg	13.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stockholm	Sweden	145 km	SouthEast
2 Oslo	Norway	313 km	West
3 Helsinki	Finland	479 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 71 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 Dalälven (194.9 km² at a distance of 20.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 206.7 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 289 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. 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 109 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dala Airport (at a distance of 50 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42 km2

53.5%

Nature

9.2 km2

11.7%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

20.7 km2

26.4%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

4.4 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fors in country Sweden

Fors at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	32 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun	Sweden	58 km	NorthWest
3 Birka and Hovgården	Sweden	120 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Realsbo	SE	6 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Avesta

Type of weather in Avesta	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	983 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:12 Europe/Amsterdam