Hillestad is a village in

Åmli 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 cen ...

municipality in

Agder Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...

county,

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 ...

. The village is located in the

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 Tovdalse ...

valley along the river

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 nor ...

. It sits about northwest of the village of

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 Dø ...

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 ...

. From 1908 until 1967, the valley was a separate municipality called

and during that time, Hillestad was its

administrative centre An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

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