Midt-Telemark (municipality)

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Midt-Telemark kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms of Midt-Telemark kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Midt-Telemark kommune
Vestfold og Telemark within
Norway
Midt-Telemark within Vestfold og Telemark
Midt-Telemark within Vestfold og Telemark
Coordinates: 59°27′00″N 9°06′00″E / 59.45000°N 9.10000°E / 59.45000; 9.10000Coordinates: 59°27′00″N 9°06′00″E / 59.45000°N 9.10000°E / 59.45000; 9.10000
CountryNorway
CountyVestfold og Telemark
Established1 January 2020
Administrative centreBø
Government
 • Mayor (2020)Siri Blichfeldt Dyrland (Sp)
Area
 • Total518.51 km2 (200.20 sq mi)
 • Land487.07 km2 (188.06 sq mi)
 • Water31.44 km2 (12.14 sq mi)  6.1%
Area rank204 in Norway
Population
 (2019)
 • Total10,923
 • Rank105 in Norway
 • Density22.4/km2 (58/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
11.6%
Demonym(s)Midt-telemarking or Midt-teledøl.[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3817
Official language formNynorsk[2]
Websitemidt-telemark.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Midt-Telemark is a municipality in the traditional and electoral district Telemark in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 when the former municipalities of Bø and Sauherad combined.[3]

There are two valleys: Sauherad including the basin to the East, and including the villages and Bø to the west.[4]

Notable people[]

See also: Bø,_Telemark § Notable_residents
See also: Sauherad § Notable_residents

References[]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (5 February 2020). "Midt-Telemark". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Notodden". 6 September 2021.


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