Hestnes
Hestnes is a small village in Eigersund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is on the southern edge of the town of Egersund. The population of Hestnes in 2023 was 225, but since that time it has been considered part of the Egersund urban area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: settlement in Eigersund Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Hesnes” and “Hestenes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stoplesteinan and Svanedal power station.
Stoplesteinan
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Stoplesteinan is a stone circle in the town of Egersund, Rogaland in Norway. The monument has a diameter of about 21 meters and consists of 16 raised stones. Stoplesteinan is situated 2½ km north of Hestnes.
Svanedal power station
Electrical generator
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Svanedal power station is an electrical generator, which is situated 4 km north of Hestnes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Egersund.
Egersund
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Egersund is a town in Eigersund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located along the southwestern coast of Norway, about 75 kilometres south of the city of Stavanger. Egersund is situated 4 km north of Hestnes.
Hestnes
- Category: urban area in Norway
- Location: Eigersund, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Hestnes” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Hestnes”
- Dutch: “Hestnes”
- French: “Hestnes”
- Javanese: “Hestnes”
- Malay: “Hestnes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hestnes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hestnes”
- Swedish: “Hestnes, Rogaland”
- Swedish: “Hestnes”
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