Farsund
Farsund is the administrative centre of Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The town is located near the mouth of the Lyngdalsfjorden, about 5 kilometres east of the village of Vanse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 3,530 residents
- Description: settlement in Farsund municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Farsund administration center”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Frelseren Church and Nordsund bru.
Frelseren Church
Church
Photo: Brrr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Frelseren Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Farsund Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Farsund. It is one of the three churches for the Farsund parish which is part of the Lister og Mandal prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loshavn and Vanse.
Loshavn
Hamlet
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Loshavn is a small port village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the Lyngdalsfjorden, about 4 kilometres south of the town of Farsund. Loshavn is situated 3½ km south of Farsund.
Vanse
Village
Vanse is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 4 kilometres west of the town of Farsund and about 5 kilometres east of the village of Vestbygd. Vanse is situated 7 km west of Farsund.
Sande
Hamlet
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Sande is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the Åptafjorden, about 8 kilometres north of the town of Farsund. Sande is situated 7 km north of Farsund.
Farsund
- Categories: human settlement, administrative center, urban area in Norway, and locality
- Location: Farsund, Agder, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.09511° or 58° 5′ 42″ northLongitude
6.80475° or 6° 48′ 17″ eastPopulation
3,530Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO FANOpen location code
9FC83RW3+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 31264083OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Farsund” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Farsund (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Farsund”
- Danish: “Farsund”
- Dutch: “Farsund”
- Finnish: “Farsund (taajama)”
- Finnish: “Farsund”
- Irish: “Farsund”
- Northern Sami: “Farsund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Farsund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Farsund by”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Farsund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tettstaden Farsund”
- Norwegian: “Farsund by”
- Persian: “فارسوند”
- Romanian: “Farsund”
- Russian: “Фарсунн”
- South Azerbaijani: “فارسون (شهر)”
- South Azerbaijani: “فارسون”
- Swedish: “Farsund”
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