Vrådal
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Vrådal, formerly spelled Wraadahl, is a village in Kviteseid
municipality, Norway
. The village had a population of 220 as of 1 January 2009. The centre of the village is at Eidstod
, which lies at the eastern end of the Vråvatn lake, where it flows into lake Nisser. The economy is based on tourism (hotels, camping and a ski-centre), light industry, and small-scale logging.
The name probably derives from the old Norse «vrá/ró» which means "step", probably used to refer to farms which lay a little remotely - but it could also come from the fact that the valley is curved or "stepped".
The village has a long-church built in 1866, Vrådal kirke.
Kviteseid
Kviteseid is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kviteseid...
municipality, 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...
. The village had a population of 220 as of 1 January 2009. The centre of the village is at Eidstod
Eidstod
Eidstod is the centre of the village Vrådal in Kviteseid municipality, Telemark county, Norway.It is located at the northern end of the Nisser lake....
, which lies at the eastern end of the Vråvatn lake, where it flows into lake Nisser. The economy is based on tourism (hotels, camping and a ski-centre), light industry, and small-scale logging.
The name probably derives from the old Norse «vrá/ró» which means "step", probably used to refer to farms which lay a little remotely - but it could also come from the fact that the valley is curved or "stepped".
The village has a long-church built in 1866, Vrådal kirke.