Austbygde (also known as Austbygdi or Tinn Austbygd) is a village in

Tinn Municipality Tinn is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Aust-Telemark and Upper Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Rjukan. Some of the villages in Tinn include Atr� ...

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county,

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. The village is located at the northern end of the lake

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in the lower Tessungdal valley which runs to the north from the lake. The village lies about to the east of the village of

Atrå Atrå is a village in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located at the northwestern end of the large lake Tinnsjå, about to the west of the village of Tinn Austbygd and about to the north of the village of Miland. ...

and about to the north of the village of Hovin. Austbygde Church is located at the north end of the village. The village has a population (2022) of 393 and a

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of .

Name

The approved names for the village are ''Austbygde'' (primary) and ''Austbygdi'' (secondary).

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uses the name ''Tinn Austbygd'', but this is not an approved name, although it is commonly used.

References

Tinn Villages in Telemark {{Telemark-geo-stub