Nora

Nora is a town in . Nora is one of three towns in Sweden considered to have especially well preserved wooden buildings town centres.
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  • Type: Town with 6,530 residents
  • Description: urban area in Nora Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: Nora, Sweden

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nora Church.

Church

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gyttorp.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a locality situated in , , with 661 inhabitants in 2010. Today it is mainly known for its explosive factory and Ralph Erskine's typical town houses. It is situated by lake Vikern. is situated 4½ km west of Nora.

Nora

Latitude
59.5187° or 59° 31′ 8″ north
Longitude
15.0388° or 15° 2′ 20″ east
Population
6,530
Elevation
104 metres (341 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SE NOA
Open location code
9FFQG29Q+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25869333
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2689471
Wiki­data ID
Q83679
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Nora” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Nora
  • Arabic: نورا، السويد.
  • Arabic: نورا
  • Armenian: Նորա
  • Bulgarian: Нура
  • Catalan: Nora
  • Cebuano: Nora (kapital sa munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Nora
  • Chinese: Nora, Sweden
  • Chinese: 努拉
  • Croatian: Nora
  • Danish: Nora
  • Dutch: Nora
  • Estonian: Nora
  • Faroese: Nora
  • Finnish: Nora
  • French: Nora
  • German: Nora
  • Icelandic: Nora
  • Indonesian: Nora, Swedia
  • Indonesian: Nora
  • Irish: Nora
  • Italian: Nora
  • Ladin: Nora
  • Lithuanian: Nora
  • Malayalam: നോറ
  • Min Nan Chinese: Nora
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nora
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nora i Sverige
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nora i Västmanland
  • Norwegian: Nora
  • Occitan (post 1500): Nora
  • Persian: نورا
  • Polish: Nora
  • Portuguese: Nora
  • Romanian: Nora, Suedia
  • Romanian: Nora
  • Russian: Нора
  • Russian: Нура
  • Serbo-Croatian: Nora, Švedska
  • Serbo-Croatian: Nora
  • Swedish: Nora
  • Turkish: Nora, İsveç
  • Turkish: Nora
  • Ukrainian: Нура
  • Volapük: Nora
  • Welsh: Nora

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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 Wikivoyage page “Nora”. Photo: kalasmannen, CC BY-SA 2.0.