Fetsund
Located in Lillestrøm, Akershus Coordinates: 59°55′29″ N 11°09′26″ E
- Population
- 6,441
- 6.4K
- Elevation
- 128 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Oslo · UTC+01:00
About Fetsund
Fetsund is a town. Location: Lillestrøm, Akershus. Population: 6,441. Elevation: 128 m.
Fetsund is a village in the municipality Lillestrøm, Akershus, Norway. The name comes from the local geography, Fet means "where water meets grass". As for the -sund part, it simply means 'strait, inlet'. Accordingly, Fetsund is located at the strait of Glomma, Norway's largest river, just before it enters Øyeren nature reservation, and this is the place the logging industry in years past pulled the logs out of the water for transport to steam sawmills.
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At a glance
- Area
- 2.6 km²
Source: Wikidata
In comparison
- No. 3 of 11 places in Lillestrøm by population
- Nearest larger town: Lillestrøm, 7 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Bislett Stadion Landmark, Oslo24 km W
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Natural History Museum in Oslo Museum, Oslo22 km W
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Ankerbrua Landmark, Oslo22 km W
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Nybrua Landmark, Oslo22 km W
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources