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Bykle Municipality

Bykle is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bykle. Other villages in Bykle Municipality include Berdalen, Bjåen, Breive, Hoslemo, Hovden, and Nordbygdi. Bykle Municipality was established as a municipality on 1 January 1902 when it was separated from Valle Municipality.

The 1,467.1-square-kilometre (566.5 sq mi) municipality is the 60th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Bykle Municipality is the 332nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,057. The municipality's population density is 0.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.8/sq mi) and its population has increased by 11.9% over the previous 10-year period.