Risør
Risør is a Seaside resort, a town and the administrative centre of Risør municipality in Agder county, Norway. The town is located along the Skagerrak coast on a peninsula between the entrances to the Søndeledfjorden and the Sandnesfjorden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,590 residents
- Description: settlement in Risør Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Risor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Risør Church and Frydendal Church.
Risør Church
Church
Risør Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Risør Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Risør. It is one of the two churches for the Risør parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.
Frydendal Church
Church
Photo: Sofus135, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frydendal Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Risør Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Risør. It is one of the two churches for the Risør parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fie and Sivik.
Fie
Hamlet
Fie is a village in Risør municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located near the Skaggerak coastline in southeastern Norway. The village sits just north of the coastal village of Krabbesund, about 3 kilometres east of the village of Sandnes, and about 3 kilometres south of the town of Risør, located across the nearby Sandnesfjorden. Fie is situated 4½ km south of Risør.
Sivik
Hamlet
Sivik is a village in Risør municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the Søndeledfjorden, about 3 kilometres east of the village of Stamsø. Sivik is situated 5 km northwest of Risør.
Krabbesund
Hamlet
Krabbesund is a village in Risør municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located, along the Skaggerak coast, just south of the village of Fie. Krabbesund is situated 5 km south of Risør.
Risør
- Categories: urban area in Norway and locality
- Location: Risør, Agder, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.72065° or 58° 43′ 14″ northLongitude
9.2343° or 9° 14′ 4″ eastPopulation
4,590Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO RISOpen location code
9FCFP6CM+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 2380166198OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Swedish—“Risør” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “রিসার”
- Bulgarian: “Рисьор”
- Cebuano: “Risør (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Risør”
- Chinese: “里瑟尔镇”
- Chinese: “里瑟爾”
- Danish: “Risør”
- Dutch: “Risør”
- Estonian: “Risør”
- Estonian: “Risøri vald”
- German: “Risør”
- Italian: “Risør”
- Low German: “Kommun Risør”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Risør”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Risør”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tettstaden Risør”
- Norwegian: “Risør”
- Persian: “ریسور (شهرک)”
- Persian: “ریسور”
- Polish: “Risør”
- Portuguese: “Risør”
- Romanian: “Risør”
- Russian: “Рисёр”
- Swedish: “Risør”
- Swedish: “Risørs kommun”
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