The village is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the north of the capital city of Oslo.

The small village of Ringstad lies about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) to the northeast and the villages of Jaren and Brandbu lie about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the northwest.

Gran and its neighboring village of Ringstad have grown together through conurbation and Statistics Norway has considered them as one, single urban settlement for many years.

[1] The Norwegian National Road 4 and the Gjøvikbanen railway line both run through the village.

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