Bykle Municipality
Sign in to saveBykle 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 Bykle. Other villages in Bykle municipality include Berdalen, Bjåen, Breive, Hoslemo, Hovden, and Nordbygdi. Bykle was established as a municipality on 1 January 1902 when it was separated from Valle Municipality.
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Bykle
- Kommune.idnumber
- 4222
- Kommune.county
- Agder
- Kommune.district
- Setesdal
- Kommune.capital
- Bykle
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 1902
- Kommune.preceded
- Valle Municipality
- Kommune.demonyms
- Byklar (N)Bykler (B)
- Kommune.language
- Nynorsk
- Kommune.coatofarms
- Bykle komm.svg
- Kommune.webpage
- www.bykle.kommune.no
- Kommune.mayor
- Hans Blattmann
- Kommune.mayor_party
- Ap
- Kommune.mayor_as_of
- 2023
- Kommune.area_rank
- 60
- Kommune.area_total_km2
- 1467.10
- Kommune.area_land_km2
- 1253.93
- Kommune.area_water_km2
- 213.17
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- byklar
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Aust-Agder
- Capital
- Bykle
- Population
- 1057
- Area
- 1.46
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Sandnes Municipality
- Highest point
- Sæbyggjenuten
- Official website
- www.bykle.kommune.no
- Image
- Otra i Bykle Lindahl.jpeg
- Households
- 15
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- twinned administrative body
- Birštonas
- Commons category
- Bykle
- topic's main category
- Category:Bykle
- inception
- 1902-01-01
- separated from
- Valle Municipality
- language used
- Nynorsk
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- Notable people
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- External links
Bykle 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 Bykle. Other villages in Bykle municipality include Berdalen, Bjåen, Breive, Hoslemo, Hovden, and Nordbygdi. Bykle was established as a municipality on 1 January 1902 when it was separated from Valle Municipality.
The municipality is the 60th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Bykle is the 333rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 995. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 7.1% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bykle Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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