Bygland
Sign in to saveBygland is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bygland. Other villages in the municipality include Åraksbø, Austad, Byglandsfjord, Grendi, Langeid, Lauvdal, Litveit, Longerak, Moi, Ose, Sandnes, Skåmedal, and Tveit. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs through the municipality, following the river Otra where most of the population of Bygland lives.
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Bygland
- Kommune.image_skyline
- Bygland and Jordalsboe.JPG
- Kommune.image_caption
- View of Bygland
- Kommune.idnumber
- 4220
- Kommune.county
- Agder
- Kommune.district
- Setesdal
- Kommune.capital
- Bygland
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Kommune.preceded
- none
- Kommune.demonym
- Byglending
- Kommune.language
- Nynorsk
- Kommune.coatofarms
- Bygland komm.svg
- Kommune.webpage
- www.bygland.kommune.no
- Kommune.mayor
- Runar Flåt Granheim
- Kommune.mayor_party
- Ap
- Kommune.mayor_as_of
- 2023
- Kommune.area_rank
- 76
- Kommune.area_total_km2
- 1311.75
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- byglending
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Agder
- Capital
- Bygland
- Population
- 1167
- Area
- 0.18
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Åseral Municipality
- Official website
- www.bygland.kommune.no
- Image
- Bygland and Jordalsboe.JPG
- Households
- 7
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- Commons category
- Bygland
- topic's main category
- Category:Bygland
- inception
- 1838-00-00
- language used
- Nynorsk
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Bygland is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bygland. Other villages in the municipality include Åraksbø, Austad, Byglandsfjord, Grendi, Langeid, Lauvdal, Litveit, Longerak, Moi, Ose, Sandnes, Skåmedal, and Tveit. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs through the municipality, following the river Otra where most of the population of Bygland lives.
thumb|left|View of Åraksbø The municipality is the 76th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Bygland is the 323rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,136. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 5.9% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bygland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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