Sandnes
Sandnes is a village in Bygland municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on a small flat area between the lake Åraksfjorden to the west and the steep mountainside to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Southern Norway, Norway
- Also known as: “Sandnes, Bygland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandnes Chapel and Sandnes Church.
Sandnes Church
Church
Photo: Siri J, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bygland Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Åraksbø on the east side of the Åraksfjorden. Sandnes Church is situated 3 km north of Sandnes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skåmedal and Åraksbø.
Skåmedal
Hamlet
Skåmedal is a village in Bygland municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the southwestern shore of the Åraksfjorden, about 2 kilometres southwest of the village of Sandnes, across the lake. Skåmedal is situated 2½ km southwest of Sandnes.
Åraksbø
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Åraksbø is a village in Bygland municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Åraksfjorden, about 5 kilometres north of the village of Sandnes and about 6 kilometres southeast of the village of Ose. Åraksbø is situated 3½ km north of Sandnes.
Ose
Village
Photo: Jarvin, CC BY-SA 3.0 no.
Ose is a village in Bygland municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Otra, just north of the lake Åraksfjorden. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs through the village. Ose is situated 7 km northwest of Sandnes.
Sandnes
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Bygland, Agder, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.89122° or 58° 53′ 28″ northLongitude
7.7271° or 7° 43′ 38″ eastElevation
216 metres (709 feet)Open location code
9FC9VPRG+FROpenStreetMap ID
node 459463276OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Sandnes” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sandnes, Bygland”
- Danish: “Sandnes”
- Dutch: “Sandnes, Bygland”
- French: “Sandnes”
- Javanese: “Sandnes, Bygland”
- Malay: “Sandnes, Bygland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandnes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sandnes i Bygland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sandnes”
- Norwegian: “Sandnes”
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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 “Sandnes”. Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 4.0.