Fyresdal Municipality
Fyresdal kommune | |
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Moland herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 59°9′57″N 8°1′11″E / 59.16583°N 8.01972°E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Telemark |
District | Vest-Telemark |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Moland |
Government | |
• Mayor (2011) | Erik Skjervagen (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,280.02 km2 (494.22 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,106.74 km2 (427.31 sq mi) |
• Water | 173.28 km2 (66.90 sq mi) 13.5% |
• Rank | #78 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,224 |
• Rank | #317 in Norway |
• Density | 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −9.3% |
Demonym | Fyresdøl[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-4032[3] |
Website | Official 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]