Sirdal

Sirdal Municipality
Sirdal kommune
Ski-tracks in Sirdal
Ski-tracks in Sirdal
Agder within Norway
Agder within Norway
Sirdal within Agder
Sirdal within Agder
Coordinates: 58°51′43″N 06°48′48″E / 58.86194°N 6.81333°E / 58.86194; 6.81333
CountryNorway
CountyAgder
DistrictLister
Established1849
 • Preceded byBakke Municipality
Disestablished1 January 1905
 • Succeeded byTonstad and Øvre Sirdal municipalities
Re-established1 January 1960
 • Preceded byBakke, Tonstad, and Øvre Sirdal
Administrative centreTonstad
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Jonny Liland (Ap)
Area
 • Total1,554.27 km2 (600.11 sq mi)
 • Land1,372.87 km2 (530.07 sq mi)
 • Water181.40 km2 (70.04 sq mi)  11.7%
 • Rank#52 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,837
 • Rank#290 in Norway
 • Density1.3/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +0.3%
DemonymSirdøl[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4228[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Sirdal is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the northwestern part of the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tonstad. Other villages in Sirdal include Bjørnestad, Haughom, Kvæven, Lunde, and Tjørhom.

The 1,554-square-kilometre (600 sq mi) municipality is the 52nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sirdal is the 290th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,837. The municipality's population density is 1.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.4/sq mi) and its population has inmcreased by 0.3% 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).