Vrådal

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Vrådal
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Vrådal (Norway)
Vrådal
Vrådal
Basic data
Country Norway
Province  (fylke) Vestfold and Telemark
Municipality  (commune) : Kviteseid
Coordinates : 59 ° 20 ′  N , 8 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 20 ′  N , 8 ° 29 ′  E
Residents : 214 (2011)
Area : 0.84 km²
Population density : 255 inhabitants per km²
Height : 250  moh.
traffic
Street: FV 38 , RV 41

Vrådal is a town in the municipality of Kviteseid in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in southern Norway . The place has about 215 inhabitants (January 1, 2012) .

Surname

The name probably comes from the Old Norse «vrá / ró», which means «corner / calm» and was often used for farms that were a bit remote. But it is also possible that the place got the name because the valley makes a curve, so it is crooked.

geography

Vrådal lies at the point where the Vråvatn flows into the Nisser . The deepest point of the place is about 250  moh. (the water level of the Nisser, which is regulated and fluctuates slightly). The highest mountain is the eastern summit of Roholtsfjell which is at 1018  moh. About 4 km from the center of the village is the Vrådal Church (Vrådal kirke), a wooden church that was built around 1866 and offers space for about 250 people. At the west end of Vråvatn there is the small town Vråliosen, which belongs to Vrådal.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Telemarksvegen here between Vrådal and Kviteseid

Fylkesvei 38 leads in the north via Dalen to Åmot and in the south via Drangedal to Kragerø . The Riksvei 41, which is also called Telemarksvegen because it runs from north to south through the entire former province of Telemark , goes in the north to Brunkeberg and in the south to Kristiansand .

tourism

Tourism is an important industry in both the summer and winter months. The tourist office is located in the center of Vrådal.

Vrådal has many tourist facilities including:

  • A ski center with six lifts and 15 trails in which there is a downhill park in summer.
  • MS Fram
    The veteran ship MS Fram operates on the two lakes
  • Hiking network of 80 kilometers, which leads to 900 to 1040 meter high mountain peaks
  • Nordic walking network of 20 kilometers
  • Moose and beaver safaris
  • 9-hole golf course on the island of Fossøy in Lake Nisser.

There are many places to stay in Vrådal, from campsites to simple and comfortable cabins to a hotel. Amongst other things:

  • Dale Hytteutleie
  • Fiskebekk Hyttegrend
  • Nisser Hyttesenter
  • Quality Straand Hotel & Resort
  • Vrådal Hyttegrend
  • Vrådal booking

education

There is a kindergarten and a primary school in Vrådal.

energy

Osen power station

At the western end of Vråvatn there is a small hydroelectric power station called Osen kraftverk. It was built in 1954 and has an output of 16 MW and an annual production of around 67 GW.

Attractions

museum

At the small lock there is a lock museum, in which the history of the locks and waters, as well as the rafting of tree trunks in earlier times is reported. There is also information about tourism along Vråvatn and Nisser from the middle of the 19th century.

Cultural monuments

Roholt gammel kirkegård

Roholt kyrkjegaard is a now protected medieval cemetery on the site of the old Vrådal church. Today you can still see a cemetery wall, some gravestones and crosses.

population

religion

Outside the village there is the Evangelical Lutheran Vrådal Church from 1886.

Web links

Commons : Vrådal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vrådal Panorama - ski center and long race for the family. In: Vrådal Panorama. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (Norwegian).
  2. ^ M / S Fram Anno 1909. In: ms-fram.no. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ Vandring Vrådal. In: straand.no. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Vrådal panorama - nordic walking. In: alpin.no. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (Norwegian).
  5. ↑ Vrådal Golf Club. In: vraadalgolfklubb.no. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (Norwegian).
  6. ↑ Hytter og hunts. In: oey.no. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (Norwegian).
  7. ↑ Fiskebekk - Hytteutleige og Hyttegrend (salgstomter). Retrieved July 12, 2020 (nb-NO).
  8. ↑ Aktiv ferie i Norge. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (Norwegian).
  9. ↑ Hjemmeside. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (American English).
  10. ↑ Vrådal Hyttegrend - Store familiehytter - Vrådal Hyttegrend. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Vrådal booking
  12. ↑ Vannkrafverk Osen. In: NVE. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (Norwegian).
  13. ↑ Sluser og dammar "Kviteseid Historielag. Retrieved July 13, 2020 (Norwegian).