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Rong
Vestlandvillage
Total population
1,886
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Statistics Norway (SSB). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Rong, a village in Vestland, Norway, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Its coordinates of 60.514°, 4.909° place it in the subarctic zone of the northern hemisphere. It is home to roughly 1,886 residents. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 864 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 34% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience short summers and long, very cold winters. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves5,257
- Herring GullLarus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 · Aves4,857
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves4,658
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves4,143
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves4,023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves3,737
- Great Cormorant/European ShagPhalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves3,725
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves3,691
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4 — 2017-11-0720 km WSW of Manger, Norway
- M 3.2 — 2012-03-2418 km SSW of Fedje, Norway
- M 2.7 — 2008-10-2218 km SW of Fedje, Norway
- M 2.8 — 2008-08-2320 km WSW of Storebø, Norway
- M 3.2 — 2007-05-2531 km W of Rubbestadneset, Norway
- M 3 — 2006-08-0939 km WNW of Fedje, Norway
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Vestland
- Leirvik54.6 mi away · pop. 14,767
- Sidi Mediouni1742.3 mi away
- Magra1743.3 mi away · pop. 39,250
- Bouzedjar1743.6 mi away · pop. 4,387
- El Houaoura1744 mi away
- El Kouamlia1745.5 mi away
- El Amria1746.5 mi away
- Sassel1750.2 mi away
- Ouled Taoui1751.3 mi away
- Ouled Boudjemaa1751.4 mi away · pop. 6,228
- Hassi El Ghella1751.6 mi away
- Tamzoura1752 mi away · pop. 9,944
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Rong, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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4 miPhotos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Sources
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org