Sirdal
Sign in to saveSirdal is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the northwestern part of the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tonstad. Other villages in Sirdal include Bjørnestad, Haughom, Kvæven, Lunde, and Tjørhom.
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Sirdal
- Kommune.image_skyline
- Sirdal_skiloeyper.jpg
- Kommune.image_caption
- Ski-tracks in Sirdal
- Kommune.idnumber
- 4228
- Kommune.county
- Agder
- Kommune.district
- Lister
- Kommune.capital
- Tonstad
- Kommune.established
- 1849
- Kommune.preceded
- Bakke Municipality
- Kommune.disestablished
- 1 January 1905
- Kommune.succeeded
- Tonstad and Øvre Sirdal municipalities
- Kommune.established2
- 1 January 1960
- Kommune.preceded2
- Bakke, Tonstad, and Øvre Sirdal
- Kommune.demonym
- Sirdøl
- Kommune.language
- Neutral
- Kommune.coatofarms
- Sirdal komm.svg
- Kommune.webpage
- www.sirdal.kommune.no
- Kommune.mayor
- Jonny Liland
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Sirdal is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the northwestern part of the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tonstad. Other villages in Sirdal include Bjørnestad, Haughom, Kvæven, Lunde, and Tjørhom.
The municipality is the 52nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sirdal is the 290th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,837. The municipality's population density is and its population has inmcreased by 0.3% over the previous 10-year period.
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