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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.0959,Lat: 49.9958
Elevation	236 meter above sea level
Local time	17:05:37pm
Name province/region (Województwo)	Śląskie
Wiki-website Subregion (Powiat)	Pszczyński
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Miedźna
Other place with same name 1	Gilowice Śląskie - Żywiecki

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Frydek	2.3 km	West
2 Góra	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Wola	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Brzeszcze	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Międzyrzecze	3.7 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	252 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Budapest	Hungary	278 km	South
3 Wien	Austria	281 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 471 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 Stawy Bestwińskie (1.8 km² at a distance of 9.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Polish-Czech border with a straight distance of 38.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Region karpacki - Podkarpacie Pólnocne - Kotlina Oswiecimska - Dolina Górnej Wisly

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Katowice International Airport (at a distance of 53 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.5 km2

18.5%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

47.6 km2

60.6%

Urban area

9 km2

11.5%

Water - Lakes

7.2 km2

9.2%

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 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	7.4 km	NorthEast
2 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	43 km	EastSouthEast
3 Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System	Poland	53 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Stawy w Brzeszczach	PL	0.7 km	EastSouthEast

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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	07:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:53 Europe/Amsterdam