Atrå is a village in

Tinn Municipality Tinn is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Telemark in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Øst-Telemark. The administrative c ...

in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The village is located at the northwestern end of the large lake

Tinnsjå Tinnsjå ( eng, Lake Tinn), also called ''Tinnsjø'' and ''Tinnsjøen'', is one of the largest lakes in Norway, and one of the deepest in Europe. It is located between the municipalities of Tinn and Notodden in Vestfold og Telemark county. At it ...

, about to the west of the village of

Tinn Austbygd Austbygde (also known as Austbygdi or Tinn Austbygd) is a village in Tinn Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Tinnsjå in the lower Tessungdal valley which runs to the nort ...

and about to the north of the village of

Miland Miland is a village in Tinn Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The village is located in the Vestfjorddalen valley, near the western shore of the large lake Tinnsjå, about east of the town of Rjukan, about south of the villa ...

. The village lies along the river Gøyst in the Gøystdalen valley which heads to the northwest from the shore of the lake. The village has been a church site since the first Atrå Church was built as a stave church there before the year 1200. The present church building was completed on the same site in 1836.

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Tinn Villages in Vestfold og Telemark {{Telemark-geo-stub