- Drangedal
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Drangedal kommune — Municipality — 
Coat of arms
Telemark within
NorwayDrangedal within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°7′24″N 8°58′55″E / 59.12333°N 8.98194°ECoordinates: 59°7′24″N 8°58′55″E / 59.12333°N 8.98194°E Country Norway County Telemark District Grenland Administrative centre Prestestranda Government - Mayor (2003) Nils Tore Føreland (Ap) Area - Total 1,063 km2 (410.4 sq mi) - Land 996 km2 (384.6 sq mi) Area rank 96 in Norway Population (2004) - Total 4,175 - Rank 223 in Norway - Density 4/km2 (10.4/sq mi) - Change (10 years) -2.7 % Demonym Drangedøl[1] Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) ISO 3166 code NO-0817 Official language form Neutral Website drangedal.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway Drangedal is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestestranda. The municipality of Drangedal was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The district of Tørdal encompassed the northwestern part of the municipality.
The administrative centre in Drangedal, Prestestranda, and is situated by lake Tokevann. The municipal government is located there along with primary and secondary schools, shopping facilities, and a bank. Drangedal railway station is also located in Prestestranda and is served by the Oslo to Kristiansand Sørlandsbannen railway line.
Alpine and cross-country skiing is possible in the area of Drangedal, at Telemark's largest ski resort.
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General information
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Drangadalr. The meaning of the first element is unknown and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale".[2]
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted 1989. The arms show two gold-colored pine cones on a green background.
Notable natives
- Knut T. Storbukås, musician
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1914) (Dokumentasjonsprosjektet). Norske gaardnavne: Bratsbergs amt (7 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 1. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=114762&avid=26079. (Norwegian)
External links
Media related to Drangedal at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Drangedal- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Telemark travel guide from Wikitravel
Municipalities of Telemark 
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