Hægebostad Municipality
Hægebostad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tingvatn. Other villages in Hægebostad include Eiken, Haddeland, and Snartemo. The municipality encompasses the northern end of the Lyngdalen valley which follows the river Lygna.
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Hægebostad
- Kommune.former_name
- Hegebostad herred
- Kommune.idnumber
- 4226
- Kommune.county
- Agder
- Kommune.district
- Lister
- Kommune.capital
- Tingvatn
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Kommune.preceded
- none
- Kommune.demonym
- Hægdøl
- Kommune.language
- Nynorsk
- Kommune.coatofarms
- Hægebostad komm.svg
- Kommune.webpage
- www.haegebostad.kommune.no
- Kommune.mayor
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- Notable people
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Hægebostad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tingvatn. Other villages in Hægebostad include Eiken, Haddeland, and Snartemo. The municipality encompasses the northern end of the Lyngdalen valley which follows the river Lygna.
The Sørlandet Line railroad runs through the municipality from east to west, stopping at Snartemo Station in Snartemo. To get into and out of the valley in which Hægebostad is located, the trains must go through two of the longest railway tunnels in Norway: Hægebostad Tunnel and Kvineshei Tunnel.
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