Hvittingfoss
Hvittingfoss is a village in the municipality of Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway. Hvittingfoss has traditionally been associated with the manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ewout Schalkwijk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,120 residents
- Description: settlement in Kongsberg Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Vittingfos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tuft Church and Lågabakkane.
Lågabakkane
Nature reserve
Photo: Natur og Miljø, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lågabakkane is a nature reserve, which is situated 3½ km south of Hvittingfoss.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sundbyfoss and Svarstad.
Sundbyfoss
Village
Photo: WayneRune007, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sundbyfoss is a village in Holmestrand Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located along the lake Hillestadvannet, about 3 kilometres south of the village of Hof. Sundbyfoss is situated 7 km northeast of Hvittingfoss.
Svarstad
Village
Photo: Sssandum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Svarstad is a village in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located along the river Numedalslågen, approximately 46 kilometres north of the town of Larvik and about 11 kilometres south of the village of Hvittingfoss in Kongsberg Municipality. Svarstad is situated 10 km south of Hvittingfoss.
Hvittingfoss
- Categories: urban area in Norway and locality
- Location: Kongsberg, Buskerud, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.48572° or 59° 29′ 9″ northLongitude
10.01174° or 10° 0′ 42″ eastPopulation
1,120Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)Open location code
9FFGF2P6+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1390254327OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3151288Wikidata ID
Q1770925
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hvittingfoss” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hvittingfoss”
- Danish: “Hvittingfoss”
- Dutch: “Hvittingfoss”
- Finnish: “Hvittingfoss”
- French: “Hvittingfoss”
- Javanese: “Hvittingfoss”
- Malay: “Hvittingfoss”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hvittingfoss”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hvittingfoss”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vittingfoss”
- Norwegian: “Hvittingfoss”
- Romanian: “Hvittingfoss”
- Spanish: “Hvittingfoss”
- Swedish: “Hvittingfoss”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vittingen Kulturhus and Kongsberg bibliotek, Filial Hvittingfoss.
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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 “Hvittingfoss”. Photo: Ewout Schalkwijk, CC BY-SA 3.0.