Frafjorden
Frafjorden is a fjord in the municipalities of Gjesdal and Sandnes in Rogaland county, Norway. The 6-kilometre fjord is the innermost branch of the Høgsfjorden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Dirdal Church and Dirdal power station.
Dirdal Church
Church
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Dirdal Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gjesdal Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Dirdal. It is one of the three churches for the Gjesdal parish which is part of the Jæren prosti in the Diocese of Stavanger. Dirdal Church is situated 3 km southwest of Frafjorden.
Dirdal power station
Electrical generator
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dirdal power station is an electrical generator, which is situated 3½ km west of Frafjorden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forsand.
Forsand
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Forsand is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 780-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1871 until 2020 when it was merged into Sandnes municipality.
Frafjorden
- Type: Fjord
- Description: fjord in Rogaland, Norway
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Gjesdal, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Frafjorden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Frafjorden”
- Danish: “Frafjord”
- German: “Frafjord”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Frafjord”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Frafjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Frafjord”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Frafjorden”
- Norwegian: “Frafjord”
- Turkish: “Frafjorden”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Øyren and Kjervoll.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Røyshabn and Lauvnes.
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