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Aust-Agder was one 18 counties (fylker) in Norway up to 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area was 9,212 square kilometres (3,557 sq mi). The administrative center of the county was the town of Arendal.
Fyresdal is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Moland. The municipality of Moland was established on 1 January 1838. In 1879, the name was changed to Fyresdal.
Kragerø is a town and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø. The city of Kragerø lies furthest south in the county of Telemark.
Vegårshei is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the village of Myra. Other villages in Vegårshei include Mo and Ubergsmoen.
Åmli is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional region of Sørlandet. The main population centre and administrative center is the village of Åmli which lies along the river Nidelva. Other villages in Åmli include Askland, Dølemo, Eppeland, Flaten, Hillestad, Homdrom, Lauveik, Nelaug, Øvre Ramse, Skjeggedal, Tveit, Vehus, and Ytre Ramse.
Bygland 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 Bygland. Other villages in the municipality include Åraksbø, Austad, Byglandsfjord, Grendi, Langeid, Lauvdal, Litveit, Longerak, Moi, Ose, Sandnes, Skåmedal, and Tveit. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs through the municipality, following the river Otra where most of the population of Bygland lives.
Norway is divided into 11 administrative regions, called counties until 1918, they were known as amter. The counties form the first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 356 municipalities. The island territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are outside the county division and ruled directly at the national level. The capital Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality.
Nidelva is the main river in the Arendal drainage basin in Agder county, Norway. The 221.7-kilometre (137.8 mi) long river begins at the confluence of two rivers: Nisserelva and Fyreselv. The confluence is located by the village of Haugsjåsund in Nissedal municipality in southern Vestfold og Telemark county. The river flows south into the Skagerrak at the city of Arendal. The watershed covers 4,011 square kilometres (1,549 sq mi) and has an average waterflow of 114.4 cubic metres per second (4,040 cu ft/s) at Rykene near the mouth. The highest waterflow ever recorded on the river was 1,200 cubic metres per second (42,000 cu ft/s) in the autumn of 1987.
Tovdal is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The 377-square-kilometre (146 sq mi) municipality existed from 1908 until its dissolution in 1967. Tovdal municipality was made up of the valley surrounding the river Tovdalselva and since 1967 it has been a part of the present-day municipality of Åmli. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Hillestad where the Tovdal Church is located.
Telemark Bilruter AS is a Norwegian bus company based in Vestfold og Telemark with headquarters in Seljord. The company operates regional and express buses, and through subsidiaries also trucks. They operate routes in the municipalities of Vinje, Tokke, Fyresdal, Kviteseid, Nissedal, Seljord and Bø in Telemark, and Åmli in Aust-Agder. The company has 184 employees, 85 buses and 25 trucks.
Norwegian National Road 41 is a Norwegian national road that runs through Vestfold og Telemark, and Agder counties in Norway. The road runs between the village of Brunkeberg in Kviteseid municipality in Telemark county in the north and Timenes in Hånes in the city of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county in the south. The 172.9-kilometre (107.4 mi) long road connects to the European route E134 highway in the north and to the European route E18 highway in the south. The road runs for 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) in Vest-Agder county, 89 kilometres (55 mi) in Aust-Agder county, and 71.4 kilometres (44.4 mi) in Telemark county. The southern half of the road runs along the river Tovdalselva and the lake Herefossfjorden, and it is located in a fault zone called the Kristiansand-Porsgrunn grabenen.
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Åmli Church is a parish church in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Åmli. It is the main church for the Åmli parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a neo-gothic style in 1909 to replace the previous church that burned down in 1907. The church seats about 450 people.
Tovdal Church is a parish church in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hillestad. It is the church for the Åmli parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in 1820 by an unknown architect to replace an older church on the same site. The church seats about 105 people. It was consecrated on 4 March 1827. The church underwent some restoration work during the 1930s.
Hillestad is a village in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Tovdal valley along the river Tovdalselva. It sits about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest of the village of Øvre Ramse and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of the village of Dølemo. From 1908 until 1967, the valley was a separate municipality called Tovdal and during that time, Hillestad was its administrative centre. Tovdal Church is located in the village.
Hillestad kirke is a church from 1724 in Holmestrand municipality, Vestfold og Telemark county. The building is made of wood, and has 150 seats. The church's graveyard is registered with DIS-Norge.
Vestfold og Telemark, lit. Vestfold and Telemark in English, is the southernmost county in Eastern Norway that consists of two distinct and separate traditional regions, the former counties of Telemark and most of Vestfold. The county capital is Skien, which is also the county's largest city. While Skien is the capital of the county municipality, the seat of the County Governor is Tønsberg. It borders the counties of Viken, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder.
Local elections were held in Norway on 9 September 2019. Voters elected representatives to municipal and county councils, which are responsible for education, public transport, health, and elderly care, and for the levy of certain taxes.