Haugesund

Haugesund is a town in in county, . The town is located along the strait on the southwest coast of Norway.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Vår Frelsers Church and Haugesund folkebibliotek.

Church
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is a parish church of the Church of Norway in in county, . It is located in the centre of the town of Haugesund.

Library
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is a library.

Pitch
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, currently named Haugesund Sparebank Arena for sponsorship purposes, is a in Haugesund, . is the home ground of Eliteserien team FK Haugesund and 2. divisjon team SK Vard Haugesund.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norheim and Avaldsnes.

Village
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is a village in Karmøy Municipality in county, . The village is located along the strait immediately south of the town of Haugesund, just over the municipal border inside Karmøy Municipality. is situated 4½ km southeast of Haugesund.

Village
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is a village in Karmøy Municipality in county, . The village is located on the northeastern part of the island of , along the strait, just south of the town of Haugesund. is situated 7 km south of Haugesund.

Haugesund

Latitude
59.41378° or 59° 24′ 50″ north
Longitude
5.268° or 5° 16′ 5″ east
Population
40,300
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
IATA airport code
HAU
United Nations Location Code
NO HAU
Open location code
9FF7C779+G6
Geo­Names ID
3153623
Wiki­data ID
Q10518562
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Haugesund” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Haugesund”
  • Armenian: “Հյուգեսուն”
  • Asturian: “Haugesund”
  • Bishnupriya: “হৌগেসুন্ড”
  • Bulgarian: “Хаугесун”
  • Cebuano: “Haugesund (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Haugesund”
  • Chinese: “海于格松”
  • Danish: “Haugesund”
  • Dutch: “Haugesund”
  • Finnish: “Haugesund”
  • French: “Haugesund”
  • German: “Haugesund”
  • Greek: “Χάουγκεσουντ”
  • Hebrew: “הייגסון”
  • Indonesian: “Haugesund”
  • Italian: “Haugesund”
  • Japanese: “ハウゲスン”
  • Korean: “헤우게순”
  • Latin: “Haugesund”
  • Lithuanian: “Haugesiundas”
  • Low German: “Kommun Haugesund”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Haugesund”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Haugesund”
  • Norwegian: “Haugesund”
  • Polish: “Haugesund”
  • Portuguese: “Haugesund”
  • Romanian: “Haugesund”
  • Russian: “Хаугезунд”
  • Russian: “Хёугесунн”
  • Serbian: “Хавесунд”
  • Slovenian: “Haugesund”
  • Swedish: “Haugesund”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаугесун”
  • Ukrainian: “Геуґесунн”
  • Urdu: “ہاگیسنڈ”

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