Sirdal
Municipality in Agder, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Sirdal Municipality
Sirdal kommune | |
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Coordinates: 58°51′43″N 06°48′48″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Agder |
District | Lister |
Established | 1849 |
• Preceded by | Bakke Municipality |
Disestablished | 1 January 1905 |
• Succeeded by | Tonstad and Øvre Sirdal municipalities |
Re-established | 1 January 1960 |
• Preceded by | Bakke, Tonstad, and Øvre Sirdal |
Administrative centre | Tonstad |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Jonny Liland (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,554.27 km2 (600.11 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,372.87 km2 (530.07 sq mi) |
• Water | 181.40 km2 (70.04 sq mi) 11.7% |
• Rank | #52 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,837 |
• Rank | #290 in Norway |
• Density | 1.3/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | +0.3% |
Demonym | Sirdøl[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-4228[3] |
Website | Official website |
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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]