Hjartdal

Hjartdal Municipality
Hjartdal kommune
View of the Hjartdal wilderness
View of the Hjartdal wilderness
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Hjartdal within Telemark
Hjartdal within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°39′54″N 8°43′34″E / 59.66500°N 8.72611°E / 59.66500; 8.72611
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictAust-Telemark
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreSauland
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Bengt Halvard Odden (Ap)
Area
 • Total791.60 km2 (305.64 sq mi)
 • Land737.12 km2 (284.60 sq mi)
 • Water54.48 km2 (21.03 sq mi)  6.9%
 • Rank#146 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,588
 • Rank#299 in Norway
 • Density2.2/km2 (6/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −1.3%
DemonymHjartdøl[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4024[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Hjartdal is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Upper Telemark and Aust-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sauland. Other villages in the municipality include Tuddal and Hjartdalsbygda.

The 792-square-kilometre (306 sq mi) municipality is the 146th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Hjartdal is the 299th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,588. The municipality's population density is 2.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.7/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.3% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

  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. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).