Norrland
Gävleborg County
Hofors Municipality

Hofors

Hofors is a town, and a municipality, Hofors kommun, in , in the western Gästrikland province.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hofors kyrka and Hofors Station.

Church
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is a church.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Hofors

Latitude
60.5455° or 60° 32′ 44″ north
Longitude
16.2855° or 16° 17′ 8″ east
Population
6,680
Elevation
114 metres (374 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SE HOF
Open location code
9FGRG7WP+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 61113358
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2706057
Wiki­data ID
Q62329
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Hofors” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هوفوش”
  • Bulgarian: “Хуфорш”
  • Catalan: “Hofors”
  • Cebuano: “Hofors (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Hofors”
  • Chinese: “Hofors”
  • Chinese: “胡福什”
  • Czech: “Hofors”
  • Danish: “Hofors”
  • Dutch: “Hofors”
  • Faroese: “Hofors”
  • Finnish: “Hofors”
  • French: “Hofors”
  • German: “Hofors”
  • Hebrew: “הופורס”
  • Icelandic: “Hofors”
  • Irish: “Hofors”
  • Italian: “Hofors”
  • Ladin: “Hofors”
  • Lithuanian: “Hoforsas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hofors”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hofors”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hofors”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hofors”
  • Norwegian: “Hofors”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hofors”
  • Persian: “هوفوش”
  • Polish: “Hofors”
  • Romanian: “Hofors”
  • Russian: “Хуфорс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hofors”
  • Silesian: “Hofors”
  • Somali: “Hofors”
  • Spanish: “Hofors”
  • Swedish: “Hofors”
  • Ukrainian: “Гуфорс”

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