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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.6872,Lat: 63.1647
Elevation	340 meter above sea level
Local time	21:20:18pm
Name province/region (Län)	Jämtlands län
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommun)	Östersund

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ope	4.9 km	SouthEast
2 Marieby	5.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Optand	7.7 km	SouthEast
4 Ås	10.8 km	NorthWest
5 Brunflo	12 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	417 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Stockholm	Sweden	471 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	639 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 153 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Indals main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Bothnian Sea. The nearest bigger lake is Storsjön (466.6 km² at a distance of 1.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 100.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 140 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 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
Jämtland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Trondheim Airport, Værnes (at a distance of 192 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Åre Östersund Airport (at a distance of 10 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.2 km2

41%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

7 km2

8.9%

Urban area

15.8 km2

20.1%

Water - Lakes

20.1 km2

25.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Östersund in country Sweden

Östersund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland	Sweden	180 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Røros Mining Town and the Circumference	Norway	181 km	WestSouthWest
3 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun	Sweden	289 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Odensalakrret	SE	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Östersund
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Östersund

Type of weather in Östersund	light snow
Current temperature:	-9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	988 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	6 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	08:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:54 Europe/Amsterdam