Nelaug is a village in the southern part of the municipality of

Åmli Åmli is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional region of Sørlandet. The main population centre and administrative center is the village of Åmli which lies along the river Nidelva. Other villages in Åmli in ...

Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south ...

county,

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. The population (2001) was 161. The village lies at east of the Nelaug lake, which is regulated by a

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...

power plant. The most notable feature in the village is the

train station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...

Nelaug Station Nelaug Station ( no, Nelaug stasjon) is a railway station located at the village of Nelaug in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. The station sits just north of the lake Nelaug (lake), Nelaug. The station functions as a meeting station o ...

, which is the junction between the main

Sørland Line Sørland is a Seaside resort, fishing village and the administrative centre of Værøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern side of the island of Værøya. The village is the main population center of the islan ...

and the branch

Arendal Line The Arendal Line ( no, Arendalsbanen) is a long railway line between Arendal and Simonstad in Norway. At Nelaug, north of Arendal, the line intersects with the Sørland Line. The southern section is electrified and provides a feeder passenger ...

. Nelaug school is a 1st through 6th grade elementary school. It is one of the three schools in Åmli municipality. Nelaug sits at the end of

Norwegian County Road 412 Norwegian county road 412 (Fv412) is a Norwegian county road in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. The long road runs between the Norwegian County Road 415 at the village of Hovde and Nelaug Station in the village of Nelaug. Referen ...

which connects Nelaug to the

Norwegian County Road 415 Norwegian county road 415 (Fv415) is a Norwegian county road in Agder county, Norway. The long highway runs between the European route E18 highway at Fiane in Tvedestrand municipality and the Norwegian National Road 41 at Myråsen, just south ...

and the rest of Norway.

Name

The

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form of the name must have been ''Niðlaug''. The first element ''Nið'' is the old name of the river

Nidelva Nidelva is a river in Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The name of the long river translates to "the River Nid" since the suffix ''elva'' or ''elven'' is the Norwegian language, Norwegian word for "the river". Location The N ...

and the last element is ''laug'' which means "lake".

References

External links

Nelaug website

Jernbaneverket's entry on Nelaug station
Villages in Agder Åmli {{Agder-geo-stub