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Tvedestrand Municipality
Sign in to saveis municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the town of Tvedestrand. There are many villages in the municipality including Dypvåg, Fiane, Gjeving, Gødderstad, Grønland, Kilen, Klåholmen, Krokvåg, Laget, Lyngør, Nesgrenda, Østerå, Sagesund, Sandvika, and Songe.
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Tvedestrand
- Kommune.idnumber
- 4213
- Kommune.image_skyline
- Norway Aust-Agder Tvedestrand Pier 2000.jpg
- Kommune.image_caption
- View of Tvedestrand
- Kommune.county
- Agder
- Kommune.district
- Østre Agder
- Kommune.capital
- Tvedestrand
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Kommune.preceded
- none
- Kommune.demonym
- Tvedestrand-folk
- Kommune.language
- Bokmål
- Kommune.webpage
- www.tvedestrand.kommune.no
- Kommune.mayor
- Marianne Landaas
- Kommune.mayor_party
- H
- Kommune.mayor_as_of
- 2020
- Kommune.area_rank
- 298
- Kommune.area_total_km2
- 215.04
- Kommune.area_land_km2
- 203.94
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Agder
- Capital
- Tvedestrand
- Population
- 6430
- Area
- 0.52
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Vegårshei Municipality
- Official website
- www.tvedestrand.kommune.no
- Image
- Tvedestrand med kirken og middelskolen.jpg
- Households
- 172
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- Commons category
- Tvedestrand
- topic's main category
- Category:Tvedestrand
- twinned administrative body
- Lysekil Municipality
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Tvedestrand
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- language used
- Bokmål
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- General information
- Name
- Coat of arms
- Churches
- History
- Government
- Municipal council
- Mayors
- Geography
- Climate
- Geology
- Attractions
- Notable people
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- References
- External links
is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the town of Tvedestrand. There are many villages in the municipality including Dypvåg, Fiane, Gjeving, Gødderstad, Grønland, Kilen, Klåholmen, Krokvåg, Laget, Lyngør, Nesgrenda, Østerå, Sagesund, Sandvika, and Songe.
The town of Tvedestrand has a white-painted town center with irregular streets climbing steep hills around the harbor. The natural environment of the area makes it a tourist destination. The municipality includes numerous islands, which makes it popular in the summer for boaters. The number of people in the municipality practically doubles in the summer, due to vacationers. There are approximately 1,700 summer cottages ("hytter") around the fjord and coastal areas. Tvedestrand has over 2,000 buildings that are more than 100 years old.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tvedestrand Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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