Froland

Froland Municipality
Froland kommune
View of the Froland Church
View of the Froland Church
Agder within Norway
Agder within Norway
Froland within Agder
Froland within Agder
Coordinates: 58°34′59″N 08°34′20″E / 58.58306°N 8.57222°E / 58.58306; 8.57222
CountryNorway
CountyAgder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1850
 • Preceded byØyestad Municipality
Administrative centreBlakstad
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Inger-Lene Håland (Ap)
Area
 • Total644.55 km2 (248.86 sq mi)
 • Land601.04 km2 (232.06 sq mi)
 • Water43.51 km2 (16.80 sq mi)  6.8%
 • Rank#176 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total6,174
 • Rank#155 in Norway
 • Density10.3/km2 (27/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +13.8%
DemonymFrolending[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4214[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Froland is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the village of Blakstad, which along with Osedalen form the main population center of the municipality. Other villages in Froland include Bøylefoss, Bøylestad, Froland, Frolands verk, Heldalsmo, Hinnebu, Hynnekleiv, Jomås, Lauvrak, Libru, Løvjomås, Mjåvatn, Mjølhus, Mykland, and Risdal.[4]

The 645-square-kilometre (249 sq mi) municipality is the 176th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Froland is the 155th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,174. The municipality's population density is 10.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (27/sq mi) and its population has increased by 13.8% 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. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2 November 2017). "Froland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  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).