Atrå Explained

Official Name:Atrå
Other Name:Atraa (historic)
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:Aust-Telemark
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Tinn Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:3656 Atrå
Coordinates:59.9881°N 8.7353°W
Elevation M:235
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Atrå is a village in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located at the northwestern end of the large lake Tinnsjå, about to the west of the village of Tinn Austbygd and about to the north of the village of Miland. The village lies along the river Gøyst in the Gøystdalen valley which heads to the northwest from the shore of the lake.

The village has been a church site since the first Atrå Church was built as a stave church there before the year 1200. The present church building was completed on the same site in 1836.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atrå, Tinn . 2023-08-20 . yr.no.
  2. Encyclopedia: Atrå kirke . . . 2023-06-22 . Storsletten . Ola . Norwegian . 2023-08-20.