Sirdal
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| County | Vest-Agder | |
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| Municipality | NO-1046 | |
| Administrative centre | Tonstad | |
| Mayor (2003) | Thor Jørgen Tjørhom (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 46 1,555 km² 1,375 km² 0.48 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 352 1,766 0.04 % 2.1 % 1/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.sirdal.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1046) | ||
Sirdal is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. It is the result of the 1964 merge of Øvre Sirdal, Tonstad, and Haugomgrenda municipalities.
Lying inland, Sirdal borders on Aust-Agder county to the north east and Rogaland to the west. To the south it borders on the municipality of Flekkefjord, and to the east on Kvinesdal. Sirdal is the largest area municipality in Vest-Agder.
Among notable persons from Sirdal is World Cup woman biathlete Linda Tjørhom.
| Municipalities of Vest-Agder | Missing image Vest-Agder_vapen.png Vest-Agder coat of arms |
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Audnedal | Farsund | Flekkefjord | Hægebostad | Kristiansand | Kvinesdal | Lindesnes | Lyngdal | Mandal | Marnardal | Sirdal | Songdalen | Søgne | Vennesla | Åseral | |