Forus
Forus is an industrial district in the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.Photo: Btd, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gausel Church and Gausel Station.
Gausel Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Gausel Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the southern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Gausel neighborhood in the borough of Hinna in the southern part of the city of Stavanger.
Gausel Station
Railway stop
Photo: Jarvin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gausel Station is a railway station in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located at Gausel in the city of Stavanger. Located 9 kilometers from Stavanger Station, it is served by the Jæren Commuter Rail operated by Go-Ahead Norge by up to four hourly trains in each direction.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandnes and Hillevåg.
Sandnes
Sandnes is a town in Rogaland. Sandnes is part of the flat geographical area Jæren that goes from Brusand in the south to Randaberg in the north. The village of Hommersåk is covered separately.
Hillevåg
Suburb
Hillevåg is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located southwest of the city centre, south of the lake Mosvatnet, and north of the borough of Hinna. Hillevåg is situated 7 km north of Forus.
Forus
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district of Sola, Sandnes and Stavanger in Norway
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Sola, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.89182° or 58° 53′ 31″ northLongitude
5.73414° or 5° 44′ 3″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO FRSOpen location code
9FC7VPRM+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 308758995OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3156690Wikidata ID
Q4571797
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Forus” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Forus”
- Dutch: “Forus”
- German: “Forus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forus”
- Norwegian: “Forus”
- Swedish: “Forus”
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