Official Name: | Fjågesund |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Telemark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Telemark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Vest-Telemark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Kviteseid Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 3850 Kviteseid |
Coordinates: | 59.3031°N 8.6942°W |
Elevation M: | 92 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Fjågesund is a village in Kviteseid Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located at the west end of the lake Flåvatn and the southeastern end of the lake Kviteseidvatnet, about mid-way along the Telemark Canal. It is located about to the southwest of the village of Kilen and about to the southeast of the village of Kviteseidbyen.
The 300m (1,000feet) tall cliff on the mountain Ånås is located just to the west of the village. Fjågesund Church is located in the village and the village had its own school from 1911 until 2010 when it was closed.[2]