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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2534,Lat: 58.8088
Elevation	213 meter above sea level
Local time	7:27:02am
Name province/region	Rogaland
Name Subregion	Gjesdal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oltedal	12.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Forsand	13.5 km	NorthWest
3 Høle	17.2 km	NorthWest
4 Vikeså	22 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Ålgård/Figgjo	23.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	284 km	EastNorthEast
2 København	Denmark	514 km	SouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	682 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named SE South West. The nearest bigger lake is Byrkjelandsvatnet (5.1 km² at a height of around 178 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Store Skykula with a height of 906 meter (at a distance of 20.4 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 300.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 421 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 13%, hill: 39%, low mountains: 46%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
MIDTRE BYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stavanger Airport, Sola (at a distance of 36 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (at a distance of 85 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.6 km2

27.6%

Nature

44.8 km2

60%

Agriculture

6.8 km2

9.1%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gilja in country Norway

Gilja at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	179 km	NorthEast
2 Bryggen	Norway	184 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	284 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forsand

Type of weather in Forsand	light rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	05:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:21 Europe/Amsterdam