Gjesåssjøen

{{Short description|Lake in Åsnes, Norway}}

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|name = Gjesåssjøen

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|image = Gjesåssjøen.jpg

|caption = View of the lake

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|location = Åsnes Municipality, Innlandet

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|length = {{convert|3.5|km}}

|width = {{convert|1.5|km}}

|area = {{convert|4.06|km2|abbr=on}}

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|shore = {{convert|9.49|km}}

|elevation = {{convert|176|m}}

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|reference = NVE{{Cite web |title=Innsjødatabase |url=https://temakart.nve.no/link/?link=innsjodatabase |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=nve.no |language=no}}

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Gjesåssjøen is a lake in Åsnes Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The {{convert|4.06|km2|adj=on}} lake lies about {{convert|5|km}} northwest of the villages of Kjellmyra and Flisa and about {{convert|6|km}} northeast of the village of Flisa. The village of Gjesåsen and the Gjesåsen Church lie along the eastern shore of the lake.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Gjesåssjøen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Gjes%C3%A5ssj%C3%B8en |date=2022-02-22 |editor-last=Aanmoen |editor-first=Oskar |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2022-03-13}}

The lake was designated as a nature reserve in 2003. The lake is surrounded by agriculture which use the lake as a source of water. Gjesåssjøen is an important habitat for a number of bird species. About 150 different bird species were observed at the lake between 1996 and 2006, among these rare species such as the grebe and the greylag goose.