Blakstad or Blakstad-Osedalen is a village which is also the
administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of the municipality of
Froland
Froland is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the village of Blakstad, which along with Osedalen form the main population center of the municipality. Other ...
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 ("sou ...
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 ...
. It is located along 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 word for "the river".
Location
The Nidelva starts at th ...
, about northwest of the
town of Arendal (where many residents of Blakstad work and shop). The small village of
Froland
Froland is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the village of Blakstad, which along with Osedalen form the main population center of the municipality. Other ...
lies about to the north, on the west side of the river, and that is where
Froland Church is located.
Originally, Blakstad was the village on the eastern shore of the river and the village of
Osedalen was located on the western side of the river. Over the years, the two villages grew together and now form one large village. The village has a population (2019) of 3,241 and a
population density
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of .
The
Arendalsbanen railway line, a branch of the
Sørlandsbanen railway line stops at the
Blakstad Station. The
Norwegian County Road 42 and
Norwegian County Road 408 also run through the village.
Media gallery
Blakstad vgs.jpg, Blakstad school
FV408 Blakstad plo.jpg, Railroad crossing on FV 408
Blakstad holdeplass.JPG, Blakstad railway station
See also
*
Froland (village)
References
Villages in Agder
Froland
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