Drangedal

Drangedal is a municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestestranda. The municipality of Drangedal was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The district of Tørdal encompassed the northwestern part of the municipality.

Drangedal kommune
Coat of arms
Vestfold og Telemark within
Norway
Drangedal within Vestfold og Telemark
Coordinates: 59°7′24″N 8°58′55″E
CountryNorway
CountyVestfold og Telemark
DistrictVestmar
Administrative centrePrestestranda
Government
  Mayor (2016)Tor Peder Lohne (Ap)
Area
  Total1,063 km2 (410 sq mi)
  Land996 km2 (385 sq mi)
Area rank96 in Norway
Population
 (2016)
  Total4,136
  Rank223 in Norway
  Density4/km2 (10/sq mi)
  Change (10 years)
−2.7%
Demonym(s)Drangedøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3815
Official language formNeutral[2]
Websitewww.drangedal.kommune.no

The administrative centre in Drangedal, Prestestranda, and is situated by Lake Toke. The municipal government is located there along with primary and secondary schools, shopping facilities, and a bank. Drangedal railway station is also located in Prestestranda and is served by the Oslo to Kristiansand Sørlandsbannen railway line. The newspaper Drangedalsposten is published in Drangedal.

Alpine and cross-country skiing is possible in the area of Drangedal, at Telemark's largest ski resort at Gautefall.

Drangedal Parish Church

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Drangadalr. The first element is probably the genitive plural of drangr m 'mountain peak'. The last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'.[3]

History

The Kragerø Line ceased in 1989.[4]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted 1989. The arms show two gold-colored pine cones on a green background.

Notable natives

References

  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1914). Norske gaardnavne: Bratsbergs amt (Dokumentasjonsprosjektet) (in Norwegian) (7 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri.
  4. https://snl.no/Drangedal
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