Rykene
Rykene or Rygene is a village located along the river Nidelva in Agder county, Norway. The village is primarily located in Arendal municipality, but a small portion of the village lies across the river in the neighboring municipality of Grimstad.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rygene power station and Øyestad Church.
Øyestad Church
Church
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Øyestad Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Arendal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rykene, on the north side of the river Nidelva.
Engene Church
Church
Engene Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Arendal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nedenes. It is one of the churches for the Øyestad parish which is part of the Arendal prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. Engene Church is situated 3½ km east of Rykene.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gjennestad and Kroken.
Gjennestad
Hamlet
Gjennestad or Ginnestad is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located a short distance north of the river Nidelva, just off Norwegian County Road 407.
Kroken
Hamlet
Kroken is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located between the lake Rore and the river Nidelva, about 7 kilometres north of the town of Grimstad and about 2 kilometres west of the village of Rykene.
Nedenes
Suburb
Nedenes is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the southern part of Arendal, just north of the municipal border with Grimstad. Nedenes is situated 3½ km east of Rykene.
Rykene
- Type: Village with 782 residents
- Description: settlement in Arendal Municipality, Norway
- Categories: urban area in Norway, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Arendal, Agder, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.40986° or 58° 24′ 36″ northLongitude
8.63741° or 8° 38′ 15″ eastPopulation
782Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO NZUOpen location code
9FCCCJ5P+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2600809800OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rykene” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rykene”
- Danish: “Rykene”
- Dutch: “Rykene”
- Finnish: “Rykene”
- French: “Rykene”
- Irish: “Rykene”
- Javanese: “Rykene”
- Malay: “Rykene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rygene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rykene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rykene”
- Norwegian: “Rygene”
- Persian: “ریکهنا”
- Romanian: “Rygene”
- Spanish: “Rykene”
- Swedish: “Rykene”
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