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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.3965,Lat: 46.7517
Elevation	401 meter above sea level
Local time	21:22:04pm
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Cluj
Wiki-website Subregion (Comună)	Gilău

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Luna de Sus	3 km	East
2 Someşu Rece	3.4 km	SouthWest
3 Stolna	4.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Someşu Cald	5.4 km	SouthWest
5 Viştea	6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	317 km	SouthWest
2 Bucureşti	Romania	331 km	SouthEast
3 Budapest	Hungary	337 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 487 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Somes, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Gilău (2.6 km² at a distance of 2.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dealul Feleacului with a height of 832 meter (at a distance of 15.2 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Hungarian border with a straight distance of 125.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 176 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 63%, low mountains: 37%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Western Romanian Carpathians - Apuseni Mountains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 319 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cluj-Napoca International Airport (at a distance of 22 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.2 km2

30.8%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

44.4 km2

56.6%

Urban area

6.8 km2

8.6%

Water - Lakes

2.1 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gilău in country Romania

Gilău at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	54 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	122 km	EastSouthEast
3 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	125 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Padurea de stejar pufos de la Hoia	RO	7.5 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gilău

Type of weather in Gilău	broken clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	8 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:39 Europe/Amsterdam