Forsand
Forsand is a village in Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the Høgsfjorden, at the mouth of the 42-kilometre long Lysefjorden, on the southern side of the fjord.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Forsand Church.
Forsand Church
Church
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Forsand Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the eastern part of the large Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Forsand, near the mouth to the Lysefjorden.
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.
Forsand
- Type: Village with 559 residents
- Description: settlement in Sandnes Municipality, Norway
- Categories: human settlement, administrative center, urban area in Norway, and locality
- Location: Sandnes, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.90033° or 58° 54′ 1″ northLongitude
6.09796° or 6° 5′ 53″ eastPopulation
559Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO FOROpen location code
9FC8W32X+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 582947383OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Forsand” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Forsand”
- Dutch: “Forsand”
- Finnish: “Forsand (taajama)”
- Finnish: “Forsand”
- French: “Forsand”
- Irish: “Forsand”
- Northern Sami: “Forsand”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forsand”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forsand”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tettstaden Forsand”
- Norwegian: “Forsand”
- Swedish: “Forsand, Norge”
- Swedish: “Forsand”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forsand bygdemuseum and Forsand brannstasjon.
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