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Fyresdal is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Moland. Other villages in Fyresdal include Kilegrend, Øvre Birtedalen, and Øyane.

Key facts

Kommune.name
Fyresdal
Kommune.former_name
Moland herred
Kommune.image_skyline
Roan (fjell) 1.jpg
Kommune.image_caption
View of the mountain Roan
Kommune.idnumber
4032
Kommune.county
Telemark
Kommune.district
Vest-Telemark
Kommune.capital
Moland
Kommune.established
1 Jan 1838
Kommune.preceded
none
Kommune.demonym
Fyresdøl
Kommune.language
Nynorsk
Kommune.coatofarms
Fyresdal_komm.svg
Kommune.webpage
www.fyresdal.kommune.no
Kommune.mayor
Erik Skjervagen
Kommune.mayor_party
Ap
Kommune.mayor_as_of
2011
Kommune.area_rank
78

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • General information
  • Name
  • Coat of arms
  • Churches
  • History
  • Government
  • Municipal council
  • Mayor
  • Economy
  • Transportation
  • Geography
  • Attractions
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Fyresdal is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Moland. Other villages in Fyresdal include Kilegrend, Øvre Birtedalen, and Øyane.

The municipality is the 78th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Fyresdal is the 317th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,224. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 9.3% over the previous 10-year period.

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

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