Official Name: | Vrådal |
Other Name: | Wraadahl |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Telemark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Telemark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Vest-Telemark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Kviteseid Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 3853 Vrådal |
Coordinates: | 59.326°N 8.4848°W |
Elevation M: | 254 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Vrådal (historically spelled Wraadahl) is a village area in Kviteseid Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located along the northern end of the lake Nisser and the eastern end of the lake Vråvatn. The economy is based on tourism (hotels, camping and a ski-centre), light industry, and small-scale logging. The wooden Vrådal Church, built in 1866, is located on the western end of the village. Vrådal is located about to the south of the village of Kviteseid.[2]
The 0.84km2 village had a population (2012) of 215 and a population density of . Since 2012, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.[3] The whole urban area included the village of Eidstod and the village of Strond.
The village area is named Vrådal (non|Ródalr). The first element is named after the old Vraa farm (non|Ró) since the first Vrådal Church was built there. The farm name is derived from the word which means "corner" or "step". The last element is which means "valley" or "dale". The name could be referring to the fact that the valley is angled like a corner.[4]
. Norske gaardnavne: Bratsbergs amt . 1914 . W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri . 7 . Kristiania, Norge . 349 . no . Oluf Rygh.