Rygnestad
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Rygnestad is a village in the municipality of Valle in Aust-Agder
county, Norway
. It is located in the Setesdal
region near the river Otra
in northern Valle near the lake Store Bjørnevatn
. It is about 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of the municipal center of Valle. The Rygnestadtunet
museum is located just north of the village.
Aust-Agder
is a county in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland, and Vest-Agder. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which is 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area is . The administrative center of the county is in Arendal....
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located in the Setesdal
Setesdal
Setesdal is a valley and a traditional district in Aust-Agder County in southern Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Bykle, Valle, Bygland, Iveland, and Evje og Hornnes....
region near the river Otra
Otra
The Otra river is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It flows from the Setesdalsheiene mountains in Bykle municipality in Aust-Agder county in the north, down to the municipality of Kristiansand in the south, where it flows into the Skagerrak.The Otra is long, making it Norway’s...
in northern Valle near the lake Store Bjørnevatn
Store Bjørnevatn
Store Bjørnevatn is a lake in the municipality of Valle in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The lake is located in the northern part of the municipality, near the village of Rygnestad, and about north of the municipal center of Valle. The lake has an area of at an elevation of above sea level....
. It is about 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of the municipal center of Valle. The Rygnestadtunet
Rygnestadtunet
Rygnestadtunet is a farmyard museum at Nordigard, Nørdre Rygnestad in the municipality of Valle in the Setesdal region of Aust-Agder, Norway. It's located near the junction between highways 9 and 45. The farm museum today looks exactly as it did when it was deserted in 1919 and preserved in 1923. ...
museum is located just north of the village.