Føresvik
Føresvik is the administrative centre of Bokn municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern shore of the island of Vestre Bokn, along the rather narrow Boknasundet strait which separates Vestre Bokn from the island of Austre Bokn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Efarestv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 239 residents
- Description: settlement in Bokn Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Foresvik” and “Vigjå”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bokn Church and Boknasundet bridge.
Bokn Church
Church
Photo: Efarestv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bokn Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bokn Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Føresvik. It is the church for the Bokn parish which is part of the Haugaland prosti in the Diocese of Stavanger.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kopervik.
Kopervik
Town
Photo: Mark Voigt, CC BY 3.0.
Kopervik is the largest town on the island of Karmøy in Rogaland county, Norway. It is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Karmøy. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. Kopervik is situated 10 km northwest of Føresvik.
Føresvik
- Categories: human settlement, administrative center, urban area in Norway, and locality
- Location: Bokn, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.23103° or 59° 13′ 52″ northLongitude
5.43959° or 5° 26′ 23″ eastPopulation
239Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
9FF76CJQ+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 5638289831OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3156785Wikidata ID
Q4571254
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Føresvik” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Føresvik”
- Dutch: “Føresvik”
- Finnish: “Føresvik”
- French: “Føresvik”
- Irish: “Føresvik”
- Javanese: “Føresvik”
- Malay: “Føresvik”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Føresvik”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Føresvik”
- Norwegian: “Føresvik”
- Swedish: “Føresvik”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bokn post i butikk and Bokn kommunehus - Boknatun.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Føresvik”. Photo: Efarestv, CC BY-SA 3.0.