Førde
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: former municipality of Norway with 12,900 residents
- Description: former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
- Also known as: “Førde Municipality”
- Neighbors: Balestrand and Sogndal
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum and Førde Church.
Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum
Museum
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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
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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
Town
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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.
Førde
Latitude
61.4431° or 61° 26′ 35″ northLongitude
5.9036° or 5° 54′ 13″ eastPopulation
12,900Open location code
9FH7CWV3+6CWikidata ID
Q113571
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Førde” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Førde”
- Arabic: “فورده”
- Arabic: “فورديه (النرويج)”
- Arabic: “فورديه”
- Armenian: “Ֆյորդե”
- Asturian: “conceyu de Førde (Noruega)”
- Asturian: “Førde kommune”
- Asturian: “Førde”
- Banjar: “Førde, Sogn og Fjordane”
- Banjar: “Førde”
- Basque: “Førde”
- Bishnupriya: “ফার্ডে”
- Bulgarian: “Фьоде”
- Catalan: “Førde”
- Cebuano: “Førde (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Førde”
- Chinese: “Førde”
- Chinese: “弗勒”
- Danish: “Førde”
- Dutch: “Førde”
- Esperanto: “Førde”
- Estonian: “Førde vald”
- Finnish: “Förde”
- Finnish: “Førde”
- French: “Førde”
- German: “Førde”
- Indonesian: “Foerde, Sogn og Fjordane”
- Indonesian: “Forde, Sogn og Fjordane”
- Indonesian: “Førde, Sogn og Fjordane”
- Indonesian: “Førde”
- Irish: “Førde”
- Italian: “Forde”
- Italian: “Førde”
- Japanese: “フォルデ”
- Latin: “Førde”
- Limburgan: “Førde”
- Low German: “Kommun Førde”
- Luxembourgish: “Førde”
- Malay: “Førde”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Førde”
- Northern Sami: “Førde”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Førde kommune”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Førde”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Førde i Sogn og Fjordane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Førde kommune”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Førde”
- Norwegian: “Førde”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Førde”
- Persian: “فورده”
- Polish: “Foerde”
- Polish: “Forde”
- Polish: “Førde”
- Portuguese: “Forde”
- Portuguese: “Førde”
- Romanian: “Forde”
- Romanian: “Førde”
- Romanian: “Fřrde”
- Russian: “Фёрде”
- Serbian: “Ferde”
- Serbian: “Førde”
- Serbian: “Ферде”
- Silesian: “Førde”
- Slovenian: “Førde”
- Spanish: “Førde”
- Swahili: “Førde”
- Swedish: “Førde kommun”
- Swedish: “Förde”
- Swedish: “Førde”
- Turkish: “Førde”
- Ukrainian: “Ферде”
- Waray (Philippines): “Førde”
- Welsh: “Førde”
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