Iveland Municipality
Iveland kommune | |
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.jpg) View of the Vatnestrøm area in Iveland | |
 Flag | |
 Agder within Norway | |
 Iveland within Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°26′28″N 07°57′21″E / 58.44111°N 7.95583°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Agder |
| District | Setesdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1886 |
| • Preceded by | Hornnes og Iveland Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Birketveit |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Jan André Myhren (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 261.62 km2 (101.01 sq mi) |
| • Land | 246.29 km2 (95.09 sq mi) |
| • Water | 15.33 km2 (5.92 sq mi) 5.9% |
| • Rank | #279 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,344 |
| • Rank | #307 in Norway |
| • Density | 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +4.8% |
| Demonym | Ivdøl[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4218[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Iveland 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 Birketveit. Other villages in the municipality include Bakken, Skaiå, and Vatnestrøm.
The 262-square-kilometre (101 sq mi) municipality is the 279th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Iveland is the 307th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,344. The municipality's population density is 5.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.8% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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).