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General information - Location

Country	Denmark
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.4902,Lat: 56.1152
Elevation	91 meter above sea level
Local time	3:42:53am
Name province/region	Midtjylland
Name Subregion	Silkeborg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Them

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Asklev	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Sepstrup	3.7 km	SouthWest
3 Virklund	3.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Them	4.1 km	SouthEast
5 Christianshede Stationsby	5.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	198 km	EastSouthEast
2 Oslo	Norway	429 km	North
3 Berlin	Germany	474 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 37 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jutland and Funen. The nearest bigger lake is Silkeborg Langsø (2.9 km² at a distance of 5.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Himmelbjerget with a height of 147 meter (at a distance of 12.1 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 139.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 195 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 47 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Karup Airport (at a distance of 30 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.8 km2

32.8%

Nature

6.6 km2

8.5%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

39.6 km2

50.4%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.8%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gjessø in country Denmark

Gjessø 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	40 km	South
2 Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement	Denmark	85 km	South
3 Roskilde Cathedral	Denmark	171 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Silkeborgskovene	DK	1.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Virklund

Type of weather in Virklund	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	05:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam