Heistad
Heistad is a village in Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Eidangerfjorden, just north of the town of Brevik.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peterak, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: village in Østlandet, Norway
- Also known as: “Heidinstad” and “Heiestad”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grenland Bridge and Brevik Bridge.
Grenland Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Hallvard Straume, Public domain.
Grenland Bridge is Norway's highest cable-stayed bridge with a tower height of 168 metres. The bridge, which opened in 1996, is part of the European Route E18 highway and it crosses the Frierfjord, a fjord in Telemark county. Grenland Bridge is situated 3 km south of Heistad.
Brevik Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Hallvard Straume, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brevik Bridge is one of two bridges that span the mouth of the Frierfjord. It connects the municipalities of Bamble and Porsgrunn in Telemark county. On the west side, in Bamble, lies the town of Stathelle, while on the east side lies the town of Brevik in Porsgrunn. Brevik Bridge is situated 3 km south of Heistad.
Brevik Church
Church
Photo: Hallvard Straume, Public domain.
Brevik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Brevik. It is one of the churches for the Eidanger parish which is part of the Skien prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. Brevik Church is situated 3 km south of Heistad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langesund.
Langesund
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langesund is the administrative centre of Bamble Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is located on a peninsula along the Langesundsfjorden near the Skaggerak coast.
Heistad
- Categories: human settlement, urban area in Norway, and locality
- Location: Porsgrunn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.07673° or 59° 4′ 36″ northLongitude
9.68712° or 9° 41′ 14″ eastElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
9FFF3MGP+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 355252406OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Heistad” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Heistad”
- Danish: “Heidinstad”
- Danish: “Heiestad”
- Danish: “Heistad”
- Dutch: “Heidinstad”
- Dutch: “Heiestad”
- Dutch: “Heistad”
- Finnish: “Heidinstad”
- Finnish: “Heiestad”
- Finnish: “Heistad”
- French: “Heidinstad”
- French: “Heiestad”
- French: “Heistad”
- German: “Heidinstad”
- German: “Heiestad”
- German: “Heistad”
- Irish: “Heistad”
- Javanese: “Heidinstad”
- Javanese: “Heiestad”
- Javanese: “Heistad”
- Low German: “Heidinstad”
- Low German: “Heiestad”
- Low German: “Heistad”
- Malay: “Heidinstad”
- Malay: “Heiestad”
- Malay: “Heistad”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Heidinstad”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Heiestad”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Heistad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Heidinstad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Heiestad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Heistad”
- Norwegian: “Heistad”
- Romanian: “Heidinstad”
- Romanian: “Heiestad”
- Romanian: “Heistad”
- Swedish: “Heidinstad”
- Swedish: “Heiestad”
- Swedish: “Heistad”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Heistad”. Photo: Peterak, Public domain.