Valle Municipality
Valle kommune | |
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 View of the Rygnestadloftet at the Rygnestadtunet museum | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Agder within Norway | |
 Valle within Agder | |
| Coordinates: 59°12′45″N 7°32′09″E / 59.2125°N 07.5358°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Agder |
| District | Setesdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Valle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Lars Tarald Myrum (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,265.26 km2 (488.52 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,129.82 km2 (436.23 sq mi) |
| • Water | 135.44 km2 (52.29 sq mi) 10.7% |
| • Rank | #82 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 1,180 |
| • Rank | #321 in Norway |
| • Density | 1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −7.6% |
| Demonym | Valldøl[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4221[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Valle (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈvɑ̂ɫːə] )[4] 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 Valle. Other villages in Valle include Besteland, Brokke, Homme, Hovet, Rygnestad, Rysstad, and Uppstad.
The 1,265-square-kilometre (488 sq mi) municipality is the 82nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Valle is the 321st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,180. The municipality's population density is 1 inhabitant per square kilometre (2.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 7.6% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Berulfsen, Bjarne (1969). Norsk Uttaleordbok (in Norwegian). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co (W Nygaard). p. 351.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).