Øvre Dåsvatn

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Øvre Dåsvatn (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°38′41″N7°36′42″E / 58.6448°N 07.6117°E / 58.6448; 07.6117 Coordinates: 58°38′41″N7°36′42″E / 58.6448°N 07.6117°E / 58.6448; 07.6117
Country Norway
Region Southern Norway
County Aust-Agder
District Setesdal
Municipality Evje og Hornnes
Elevation [1] 195 m (640 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code4737 Hornnes

Øvre Dåsvatn is a village in Evje og Hornnes municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Dåsvannsdalen valley, about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwest of the villages of Hornnes, Kjetså, and Dåsnesmoen. The village of Åknes in neighboring Åseral municipality lies about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) to the northwest of Øvre Dåsvatn. The picturesque lake Dåsvatn lies to the south of the village, surrounded by forest.

Evje og Hornnes Municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway

Evje og Hornnes is a municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Evje. Other villages in the municipality include Åneland, Dåsnesmoen, Flatebygd, Gautestad, Hornnes, Kjetså, and Øvre Dåsvatn. Evje og Hornnes was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1960 after the merger of the two older municipalities of Evje and Hornnes. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs north-south through the municipality, along the river Otra.

Aust-Agder County (fylke) of Norway

Aust-Agder is one of 18 counties (fylker) in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland, and Vest-Agder counties. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which is 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area is 9,212 square kilometres (3,557 sq mi). The administrative center of the county is the town of Arendal.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

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