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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.9262,Lat: 60.3126
Elevation	105 meter above sea level
Local time	8:37:28am
Name province/region	Dalarnas län
Name Subregion	Hedemora

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hedemora	4.6 km	SouthEast
2 Vikmanshyttan	5.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Husby	9.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Säter	11 km	WestNorthWest
5 Skedvi kyrkby	12.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stockholm	Sweden	169 km	SouthEast
2 Oslo	Norway	293 km	West
3 Helsinki	Finland	500 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 80 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 Runn (74.4 km² at a distance of 21.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 184 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 258 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern 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
Dalarna

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (at a distance of 134 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dala Airport (at a distance of 26 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.1 km2

30.7%

Nature

4.1 km2

5.2%

Agriculture

42.9 km2

54.6%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.4%

Water - Lakes

4 km2

5.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Västerby in country Sweden

Västerby at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun	Sweden	36 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	39 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Birka and Hovgården	Sweden	142 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Stadsberget	SE	2.6 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Västerby
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hedemora Municipality

Type of weather in Hedemora Municipality	few clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	17 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	04:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam