Åseral
Åseral Municipality
Åseral kommune | |
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| Aaseral herred (historic name) Aaserald herred (historic name) | |
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Agder within Norway | |
Åseral within Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°42′07″N 07°23′37″E / 58.70194°N 7.39361°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Kyrkjebygda |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Inger Lise Lund Stulien (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 887.50 km2 (342.67 sq mi) |
| • Land | 796.96 km2 (307.71 sq mi) |
| • Water | 90.54 km2 (34.96 sq mi) 10.2% |
| • Rank | #131 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 911 |
| • Rank | #338 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −0.1% |
| Demonym | Åsdøl |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4224 |
| Website | Official website |
Åseral is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kyrkjebygda. Other villages in Åseral include Eikerapen, Kylland, Ljosland, and Åknes.
Åseral is an inland municipality, bordering Bygland municipality to the north and east, Evje og Hornnes to the east, Lyngdal to the south, Hægebostad to the southwest, and Kvinesdal in the west. Åseral is the headwaters of the river Mandalselva and the Mandalen valley.
The 888-square-kilometre (343 sq mi) municipality is the 131st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Åseral is the 338th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 911. The municipality's population density is 1.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.1% over the previous 10-year period.