Førde
Førde is the administrative centre of Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The town is located at the eastern end of the Førdefjorden, at the mouth of the river Jølstra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 10,900 residents
- Description: settlement in Sunnfjord Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Fords”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum and Førde Church.
Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Sigrunespe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum is an art museum located in Førde, Norway. The museum was established in 1987. The museum was initially called the Sogn og Fjordane County Gallery, and it adopted its current name in 2000.
Førde Church
Church
Photo: Eirik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Førde Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Førde. It is the church for the Førde parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Førde.
Førde
Photo: Sigrunespe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Førde is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 586-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020.
Førde
- Categories: urban area in Norway, city, and locality
- Location: Sunnfjord Municipality, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.45218° or 61° 27′ 8″ northLongitude
5.85717° or 5° 51′ 26″ eastPopulation
10,900Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)IATA airport code
FDEUnited Nations Location Code
NO FDEOpen location code
9FH7FV24+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 31264091OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3156804Wikidata ID
Q1780577
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Førde” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Førde”
- Cebuano: “Førde (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Førde”
- Chinese: “弗勒”
- Danish: “Førde i Sunnfjord”
- Dutch: “Førde”
- Estonian: “Forde”
- Estonian: “Förde”
- Estonian: “Førde”
- French: “Førde”
- German: “Førde”
- Hungarian: “Førde”
- Italian: “Førde”
- Japanese: “フォルデ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Førde”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Førde i Førde”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Førde i Sunnfjord”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Førde”
- Norwegian: “Førde”
- Persian: “فوده”
- Persian: “فورده”
- Polish: “Førde”
- Portuguese: “Førde”
- Romanian: “Førde”
- Russian: “Фёрде”
- Swedish: “Förde”
- Swedish: “Førde”
- Ukrainian: “Ферде”
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