Gjerstad Municipality
Gjerstad kommune | |
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 View of Gjerstad from the Gjerstadvatnet | |
 Flag | |
 Agder within Norway | |
 Gjerstad within Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°53′33″N 08°57′24″E / 58.89250°N 8.95667°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Agder |
| District | Østre Agder |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Gjerstad |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Steinar Pedersen (H) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 322.13 km2 (124.38 sq mi) |
| • Land | 307.57 km2 (118.75 sq mi) |
| • Water | 14.56 km2 (5.62 sq mi) 4.5% |
| • Rank | #256 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 2,421 |
| • Rank | #260 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −2.5% |
| Demonyms | Gjersdøl Gjersdøling[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4211[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Gjerstad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional region of Sørlandet, in the southeastern part of the county, along the border with Telemark county.[4] The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Gjerstad. Other villages in the municipality include Ausland, Eikeland, Fiane, Gryting, Østerholt, Rød, Sundebru, and Vestøl.
The 322-square-kilometre (124 sq mi) municipality is the 256th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Gjerstad is the 260th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,421. The municipality's population density is 7.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (20/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.5% 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.
- ^ "Gjerstad municipality". gonorway.com. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ 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).