Bygland

Bygland Municipality
Bygland kommune
View of Bygland
View of Bygland
Agder within Norway
Agder within Norway
Bygland within Agder
Bygland within Agder
Coordinates: 58°55′27″N 07°45′53″E / 58.92417°N 7.76472°E / 58.92417; 7.76472
CountryNorway
CountyAgder
DistrictSetesdal
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreBygland
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Runar Flåt Granheim (Ap)
Area
 • Total1,311.75 km2 (506.47 sq mi)
 • Land1,150.35 km2 (444.15 sq mi)
 • Water161.40 km2 (62.32 sq mi)  12.3%
 • Rank#76 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,136
 • Rank#323 in Norway
 • Density1.0/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −5.9%
DemonymByglending[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4220[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Bygland 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 Bygland. Other villages in the municipality include Åraksbø, Austad, Byglandsfjord, Grendi, Langeid, Lauvdal, Litveit, Longerak, Moi, Ose, Sandnes, Skåmedal, and Tveit. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs through the municipality, following the river Otra where most of the population of Bygland lives.

View of Åraksbø

The 1,312-square-kilometre (507 sq mi) municipality is the 76th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Bygland is the 323rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,136. The municipality's population density is 1 inhabitant per square kilometre (2.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5.9% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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