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Miland is a village in
Tinn Municipality Tinn is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Aust-Telemark and Upper Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Rjukan. Some of the villages in Tinn include Atrà ...
in
Telemark Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...
county,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The village is located in the Vestfjorddalen valley, near the western shore of the large lake
Tinnsjå Tinnsjå (also known as ''Tinnsjø'' or ''Tinnsjøen''; ) is one of the largest List of Norwegian Lakes, lakes in Norway measuring about . At a depth of it is the third List of lakes by depth, deepest lake in Norway and Europe. Tinnsjå is locat ...
, about east of the town of
Rjukan Rjukan () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of Tinn Municipality. The town is located in the Vestfjorddalen valley, between the lakes Møsvatn ...
, about south of the village of
Atrå Atrå is a village in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located at the northwestern end of the large lake Tinnsjå, about to the west of the village of Tinn Austbygd and about to the north of the village of Miland. ...
, and about to the southwest (across the lake) from the village of Austbygde. The village has a population (2022) of 291 and a
population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...
of . The mountain
Gaustatoppen Gaustatoppen is a mountain in the county of Telemark, Norway. The tall mountain is located on the south side of the town of Rjukan and is the highest mountain in Telemark. The summit lies in Tinn Municipality, but there is a lower plateau that c ...
lies about to the southwest of Miland. The river MÃ¥na runs along the south side of the village on its way to the lake
Tinnsjå Tinnsjå (also known as ''Tinnsjø'' or ''Tinnsjøen''; ) is one of the largest List of Norwegian Lakes, lakes in Norway measuring about . At a depth of it is the third List of lakes by depth, deepest lake in Norway and Europe. Tinnsjå is locat ...
. Mæl Church is located just east of the village.


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Tinn Villages in Telemark {{Telemark-geo-stub