Tingvatn is the
administrative centre
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of
Hægebostad
Hægebostad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tingvatn. Other villages in Hægebostad include Eiken, Haddeland, and ...
municipality in
Agder
Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("sou ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located along the river
Lygna
Lygna or Lyngdalselva is a river in Agder county, Norway. The river runs from the mountains in northern Hægebostad municipality, through the Lyngdalen valley to the municipality of Lyngdal to its mouth at Alleen, where it runs into Lyngd ...
, just south of the lake
Lygne
Lygne is a lake in the municipality of Hægebostad in Agder county, Norway. The lake is part of the river Lygna. The lake begins near the village of Eiken in the north and stretches about to the south to the village of Tingvatn
Tingvatn ...
. The village of
Eiken lies about to the north and
Snartemo lies about to the south. The small village of Tingvatn has about 100 residents in it including the southern area which is also known as Birkeland.
References
Villages in Agder
Hægebostad
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