Fyresdal

Fyresdal Municipality
Fyresdal kommune
Moland herred  (historic name)
View of the mountain Roan
View of the mountain Roan
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Fyresdal within Telemark
Fyresdal within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°9′57″N 8°1′11″E / 59.16583°N 8.01972°E / 59.16583; 8.01972
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictVest-Telemark
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreMoland
Government
 • Mayor (2011)Erik Skjervagen (Ap)
Area
 • Total1,280.02 km2 (494.22 sq mi)
 • Land1,106.74 km2 (427.31 sq mi)
 • Water173.28 km2 (66.90 sq mi)  13.5%
 • Rank#78 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,224
 • Rank#317 in Norway
 • Density1.1/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −9.3%
DemonymFyresdøl[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4032[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

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.[4]

The 1,280-square-kilometre (490 sq mi) 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 1.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 9.3% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]

  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. ^ Lundbo, Sten, ed. (2 April 2022). "Fyresdal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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