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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.899,Lat: 56.6755
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	8:11:41am
Name province/region (Län)	Hallands län
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommun)	Halmstad

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fyllinge	5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Skedala	5.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Trönninge	6.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Holm	6.9 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Åled	8.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	108 km	South
2 Oslo	Norway	382 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Stockholm	Sweden	421 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Kattegat is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gota coastal: Viskan, Nissan, part of the larger catchment area Skagerrak and Kattegat. The nearest bigger lake is Bolmen (182.4 km² at a height of around 141 meter above sea level) at a distance of 44.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 258.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 361 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 27%, low location: 73%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Halland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (at a distance of 116 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Halmstad Airport (at a distance of 5.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

5.7%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

36.2 km2

50.5%

Urban area

21.8 km2

30.4%

Infrastructure

4.4 km2

6.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Halmstad in country Sweden

Halmstad at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg	Sweden	57 km	NorthWest
2 Kronborg Castle	Denmark	73 km	South
3 The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand	Denmark	91 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fyllen	SE	1.6 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Halmstad
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Halmstad

Type of weather in Halmstad	light intensity drizzle
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	7 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	08:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:43 Europe/Amsterdam