Visnes
Visnes is a village in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the island of Karmøy, about 2.5 kilometres west of the village of Avaldsnes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 609 residents
- Description: settlement in Karmøy Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Visnes, Rogaland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grønhaug and Torvastad Church.
Grønhaug
Archaeological site
Photo: Colliekar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grønhaug is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Visnes.
Torvastad Church
Church
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Torvastad Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Torvastad on the northern part of the island of Karmøy. Torvastad Church is situated 2½ km north of Visnes.
Avaldsnes Church
Church
Photo: Henry Leirvoll, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avaldsnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Avaldsnes on the northern part of the island of Karmøy. Avaldsnes Church is situated 3 km east of Visnes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avaldsnes and Norheim.
Avaldsnes
Village
Photo: Johan Christian Dahl, Public domain.
Avaldsnes is a village in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern part of the island of Karmøy, along the Karmsundet strait, just south of the town of Haugesund.
Norheim
Village
Photo: Btd, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Norheim is a village in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the Karmsundet strait immediately south of the town of Haugesund, just over the municipal border inside Karmøy. Norheim is situated 5 km northeast of Visnes.
Haugesund
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Haugesund is a city in the county of Rogaland, in the West Norway region of Norway. The town offers a much wider range of goods and services than might be expected from a city of its size, due to its position as the definite centre of its relatively populous region.
Visnes
- Categories: urban area in Norway, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Karmøy, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.35653° or 59° 21′ 24″ northLongitude
5.23823° or 5° 14′ 18″ eastPopulation
609Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
9FF7964Q+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 420406270OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3131500Wikidata ID
Q1785155
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Visnes” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Visnes”
- Danish: “Visnes”
- Dutch: “Visnes”
- Esperanto: “Visnes”
- French: “Visnes”
- Irish: “Visnes”
- Javanese: “Visnes, Rogaland”
- Javanese: “Visnes”
- Malay: “Visnes, Rogaland”
- Malay: “Visnes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Visnes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Visnes”
- Norwegian: “Visnes”
- Romanian: “Visnes”
- Spanish: “Visnes”
- Swedish: “Visnes”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Landa and Visnes Verk.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bårholmane and Visnesgarden, Karmøy.
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