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General information - Location

Country	Denmark
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5027,Lat: 55.9613
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	9:55:05am
Name province/region	Midtjylland
Name Subregion	Ringkøbing-Skjern
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Skjern

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bølling	3.7 km	NorthEast
2 Faster	6.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 Tarm	6.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Hanning	6.7 km	North
5 Dejbjerg	6.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	257 km	East
2 Oslo	Norway	459 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	464 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jutland and Funen. The nearest bigger lake is Stadil Fjord (18 km² at a distance of 25.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 117.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 164 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 60%, low location: 40%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Billund Airport (at a distance of 48 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.5%

Wet nature

3.7 km2

4.7%

Agriculture

64.9 km2

82.6%

Urban area

5.7 km2

7.2%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skjern in country Denmark

Skjern at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church	Denmark	62 km	EastSouthEast
2 Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement	Denmark	91 km	SouthEast
3 Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke	Germany	177 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Skjern Å	DK	3.2 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Skjern
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Skjern

Type of weather in Skjern	broken clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam