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Øvre Ramse
Øvre Ramse is a village in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Tovdalsåna in the Tovdal valley. The village is about north of the village of Ytre Ramse and about northwest of the village of Dølemo. The village of Hillestad Hillestad may refer to: Places * Hillestad, Agder, a village in the municipality of Åmli in Agder county, Norway *''Hillestad Church'', an old name for Tovdal Church in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway * Hillestad, Vestfold, a village i ... and the Tovdal Church lie about to the northwest of Øvre Ramse. References Villages in Agder Åmli {{Agder-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tovdal Church
Tovdal Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ã…mli Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hillestad. It is one of the churches for the Ã…mli parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1820 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 105 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1594, but the church was not new that year. The first church on this site was a stave church that may have been built in the 13th century. The church was known as the ''Hillestad'' church since it was located on the Hillestad farm and the parish was historically known as ''Lille Topdal''. In 1723, the King sold the church during the Norwegian church auction to raise money to pay off his war debts. In 1780, the people of the parish raised money to purchase the church from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillestad, Agder
Hillestad is a village in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Tovdal valley along the river Tovdalselva. It sits about northwest of the village of Øvre Ramse and about northwest of the village of Dølemo. From 1908 until 1967, the valley was a separate municipality called Tovdal and during that time, Hillestad was its administrative centre. Tovdal Church Tovdal Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åmli Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hillestad. It is one of the churches for the Åmli parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery ... is located in the village. References Åmli Villages in Agder {{Agder-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dølemo
Dølemo is a village in the municipality of Åmli in Agder county, Norway. The village has a population of about 200. It is home to the municipal kindergarten, an elementary school, a shop, and many thriving clubs and organizations. Dølemo is often called "the voluntary village", the reason for this being the citizens' dedication when the annual Dølemo Market has to be arranged in the last week of August. The village sits at the intersection of the Norwegian National Road 41 and the Norwegian County Road 413. The village of Eppeland lies about to the northeast, the village of Vehus lies about to the south, and the village of Ytre Ramse lies about to the northwest. History Dølemo was founded as a village around 1880. The first houses to be built in Dølemo were old farmhouses which were moved over from Eppeland. At the time, Dølemo had a café, a shoemaker, and a post office. Many of the inhabitants used to work in the surrounding forests for landowners from around Dø ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ytre Ramse
Ytre Ramse is a village in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Tovdalsåna in the Tovdal valley. The village is about south of the village of Øvre Ramse and about northwest of the village of Dølemo Dølemo is a village in the municipality of Åmli in Agder county, Norway. The village has a population of about 200. It is home to the municipal kindergarten, an elementary school, a shop, and many thriving clubs and organizations. Dølemo is oft .... The Skjeggedal area lies about to the west (in the next valley). References Villages in Agder Åmli {{Agder-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tovdal
Tovdal (historic: ''Lille Topdal'') is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1908 until its dissolution in 1967. Tovdal municipality was made up of the valley surrounding the river Tovdalselva and since 1967 it has been a part of the present-day municipality of Ã…mli which is now in Agder county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Hillestad where the Tovdal Church is located. History The parish of Lille Topdal was a part of the municipality of Ã…mli when civil municipalities were created in Norway on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The municipality of Lille Topdal was established on 1 January 1908 when the municipality of Ã…mli was split into three separate municipalities: Lille Topdal (population: 389), Gjevedal (population: 590), and Ã…mli (population: 2,024). In 1922, the name of the municipality was changed from ''Lille Topdal'' to ''Tovdal''. During the 1960s, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tovdalselva
Tovdalselva (also known as the ''Tofdalselva'', ''Tovdalsåna'', ''Tovdalsåni'', literally: the ''Tov valley river'') is long and is one of the longest rivers in Southern Norway. The river flows through Agder county from the mountains on the northeast side of the Setesdal valley in Valle municipality southwards, until it reaches the sea at the Tofdalsfjorden between Hamresanden and Kjevik in Kristiansand. The upper reaches of the river include many lakes such as the Herefossfjorden and the Straumsfjorden (the largest lake on the river). It drains about in territory and the highest point in the watershed is above sea level. The drainage basin includes parts or all of the following municipalities: Fyresdal, Valle, Bygland, Evje og Hornnes, Åmli, Froland, Grimstad, Birkenes, Iveland, Lillesand, and Kristiansand. Fishing Tovdalselva was long considered one of the greatest salmon Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The UTC offset, time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in several African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: :de:Mitteleuropäische Zeit, MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Budapest Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Stockholm Time, Rome Time, Prague time, Warsaw Time or Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis per UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2023, all member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. The next change to CET is scheduled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regions Of Norway
Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (). These regions are purely geographical and cultural, and have no administrative purpose. However, in 2017 the government decided to abolish the current counties of Norway () and to replace them with fewer, larger administrative regions (). The first of these new areas came into existence on 1 January 2018, when Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag merged to form Trøndelag. According to most definitions, the counties of Norway are divided into the following regions (these groupings are approximate): * Northern Norway (/) ** Troms **Finnmark ** Nordland * Trøndelag (alt. /) ** Trøndelag * Western Norway () ** Møre og Romsdal **Vestland ** Rogaland * Southern Norway (/) ** Agder * Eastern Norway (/) ** Vestfold ** Telemark **Buskerud ** Akershus ** Østfold ** Innlandet **Oslo The division into regions is, by convention, based on geographical and also dialectical differences, but it also follows the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…mli
Åmli is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The main population centre and administrative center is the Åmli (village), village of Åmli which lies along the river Nidelva (Agder), Nidelva. Other villages in Åmli include Askland, Dølemo, Eppeland, Flaten, Norway, Flaten, Hillestad, Agder, Hillestad, Homdrom, Lauveik, Nelaug, Øvre Ramse, Skjeggedal, Agder, Skjeggedal, Tveit, Aust-Agder, Tveit, Vehus, and Ytre Ramse. The municipality is the 98th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Åmli is the 292nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,786. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 1.6% over the previous 10-year period. General information Name The municipality (originally the prestegjeld, parish) is named after the old ''Åmli (village), Åmli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of Norway
Municipalities in Norway are the basic unit of local government. Norway is divided into 15 administrative regions, called Counties of Norway, counties. These counties are subdivided into 357 municipality, municipalities (as of 2024). The capital city Oslo is both a county and a municipality. Municipalities are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient Health care, health services, old age, senior citizen services, welfare spending, welfare and other Social work, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Direct election, directly elected representatives. The mayor is Indirect election, indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. Law enforcement and Church of Norway, church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous change by dividing, consolidating, and adjusting boundaries. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
