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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.3055,Lat: 49.7146
Elevation	428 meter above sea level
Local time	23:31:07pm
Name province/region	Śląskie
Name Subregion	Żywiecki
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gilowice

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rychwałd	3.1 km	SouthWest
2 Łękawica	3.2 km	West
3 Łysina	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Okrajnik	3.4 km	NorthWest
5 Pewel Ślemieńska	3.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	238 km	SouthWest
2 Budapest	Hungary	247 km	South
3 Wien	Austria	273 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 502 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Wisla main - Upper - Dunajec, part of the larger catchment area Wisla. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Zbiornik Żywiecki (9.3 km² at a height of around 6 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.2 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilsko with a height of 1557 meter (at a distance of 20.8 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 15.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 21 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 57%, low mountains: 43%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Outer Western Carpathians
Region karpacki - Zewnetrzne Karpaty Zachodnie - Beskidy Zachodnie - Kotlina Zywiecka

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 53 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.7 km2

32.7%

Agriculture

49.5 km2

63.1%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gilowice in country Poland

Gilowice at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	31 km	NorthEast
2 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	37 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	46 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Beskid Maly	PL	3.5 km	North

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gilowice

Type of weather in Gilowice	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	05:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:03 Europe/Amsterdam