Torridal District Court

Torridal is a V-shaped valley in Agder county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The valley passes through portions of the municipalities of

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

and Vennesla in an area that was historically a part of the former

Oddernes Oddernes is a borough in the city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The borough covers eastern Kristiansand on the east side of the Topdalsfjorden and the Varodd Bridge. The borough include ...

municipality. Today it includes areas north of the city center of

on both riverbanks of the river Otra. The local name

Torridalselva The Otra is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It begins in Setesdalsheiene mountains at the lake Breidvatnet in Bykle municipality in Agder county, just south of the border with Vinje municipality in Vestfold og Telemark count ...

(meaning ''Torridal river'') is commonly used for the river's lower course from Mosby to the sea. Torridal kirke

The valley includes the areas of

Sødal Sødal is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It's located in the Lund borough on the east bank of river Otra. Previously it has been farmed and a limestone quarry and a still existing lime kiln located at Sødal. ...

, Skråstad, Lian, Hagen, and Glattetre on the east side of the river and Strai, Hommeren, Aukland, Mosby, and Høie on the west side. The districts of Espestøl, Hemmes, Mestad, Aurebekk, Rypestøl, and Kulia are also part of the valley, although they don't lie directly along the river. The Mosby and Strai areas are fairly densely populated, and the

Torridal Church Torridal Church ( no, Torridal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Aukland, just south of the village of Mosby and just north of the village of S ...

lies between those two villages. The Torridal sporting venue has facilities outdoors and indoors in Torridalshallen. Norwegian National Road 9 (Setesdalsveien) and the Sørlandet Line both run along the west side of the river Otra, through the Torridal valley.

Norwegian County Road 1 County Road 482 (Vest-Agder) in the Torridal valley (east bank of Otra) is a road between Kristiansand and Vennesla municipality, Norway.

References

Valleys of Agder Geography of Kristiansand Vennesla {{Agder-geo-stub