Gilja

Gilja is a village in Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located about southeast of the village of Dirdal in the Dirdalen valley. The Frafjord Tunnel connects Gilja with the village of Frafjord, located in the next valley on the other side of the mountains.

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Place details

Locality: Dirdal
Region: Rogaland
Country: Norge
Population: 248

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Gilja
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Gilja Dirdal utgard005 - Kopi.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of the farmland just outside the village
Settlement.pushpin_map: Rogaland#Norway
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Rogaland county
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Western Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Rogaland
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Jæren
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Gjesdal
Settlement.timezone1: CET

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Wikidata facts

Country: Norway
Located in: Gjesdal Municipality
Population: 390
Area: 0.31
Elevation: 77
Image: Gilja Dirdal utgard005 - Kopi.jpg

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The village has a population (2019) of 383 and a population density of . The village is the site of a window factory which employs many of the local inhabitants.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gilja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.