Nissedal
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| County | Telemark | |
| District | Vest-Telemark | |
| Municipality | NO-0830 | |
| Administrative centre | Treungen | |
| Mayor (2003) | Øyvind Tveit (KrF) | |
| Official language form | Nynorsk | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 123 905 km² 788 km² 0.28 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 377 1,429 0.03 % -3.2 % 2/km² |
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| www.nissedal.kommune.no |
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Nissedal is a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway.
[edit] The name
The Norse form of the name was Nizidalr. The first element is the name of the lake Nizir (now Nisser), the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1992). It shows three red stocking caps (in Norwegian nisseluer).
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Bamble | Bø | Drangedal | Fyresdal | Hjartdal | Kragerø | Kviteseid | Nissedal | Nome | Notodden | Porsgrunn | Sauherad | Seljord | Siljan | Skien | Tinn | Tokke | Vinje |
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