Haugesund

Haugesund is a municipality and town on the North Sea in county, Norway. As of December 2023, the municipality of Haugesund has a population of 37,855.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Vår Frelsers Church and Haugesund folkebibliotek.

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

Library
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is a library.

Pitch
, currently named Haugesund Sparebank Arena for sponsorship purposes, is a in , . 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 municipality in county, . The village is located along the Karmsundet strait immediately south of the town of Haugesund, just over the municipal border inside Karmøy. is situated 4½ km southeast of Haugesund.

Village
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is a village in municipality in county, . The village is located on the northeastern part of the island of , along the Karmsundet 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 Ukrainian—“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
  • 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

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