Rysstad

Rysstad
Rysstad
	Village
	Rysstad Location of the village Rysstad Rysstad (Norway)
	Coordinates: 59.0935°N 07.5359°E
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Agder
District	Setesdal
Municipality	Valle
Elevation [1]	253 m (830 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	4748 Rysstad

Rysstad is a village in Valle municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Otra in the Setesdal valley. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs through the village. The village of Besteland lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the south and the villages of Brokke and Hovet lie about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the north.

Rysstad was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Hylestad which existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1962. Hylestad Church is located in Rysstad. So is a graveyard, Hylestad kyrkjegard.[2]

References

"Rysstad, Valle (Aust-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
Hallvard T. Bjørgum. "Fiskealbert, del 2". 28 October 2020. Klassekampen. P. 32. "Albert bygde hus og fekk si grav på Hylestad kyrkjegard på Rysstad [...] Bjørgum, statsstipendiat"

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[1] "Rysstad, Valle (Aust-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

[2] Hallvard T. Bjørgum. "Fiskealbert, del 2". 28 October 2020. Klassekampen. P. 32. "Albert bygde hus og fekk si grav på Hylestad kyrkjegard på Rysstad [...] Bjørgum, statsstipendiat"