Official Name: | Bykle |
Other Name: | Kyrkjebygdi |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Agder#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Agder |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Setesdal |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Bykle |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.47 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 249 |
Population Density Km2: | 530 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4754 Bykle |
Coordinates: | 59.3542°N 7.3574°W |
Elevation M: | 634 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Bykle or Bykle Kyrkjebygd (locally: Kyrkjebygdi) is the administrative centre of Bykle municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Otra and the Norwegian National Road 9 in the southern part of the municipality. It is located about east of the small village of Nordbygdi. The villages of Hoslemo and Berdalen lie about to the north.
The 0.47km2 village has a population (2016) of 249 which gives the village a population density of .[2] The village is the site of the historic Old Bykle Church as well as the much newer Bykle Church. The village also has a school, library, and hotel as well a number of shops and businesses.[3]