Official Name: | Eikeland |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Agder#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Agder |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Østre Agder |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Gjerstad |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.82 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Total: | 596 |
Population Density Km2: | 727 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4993 Sundebru |
Coordinates: | 58.8021°N 9.0962°W |
Elevation M: | 42 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Eikeland is a village in southeastern part of the municipality of Gjerstad in Agder, Norway. It is located about southeast of the municipal center of Gjerstad and about north of the village of Søndeled. The Norwegian County Road 418 runs through the village.[2]
The 0.82km2 village has a population (2017) of 596 which gives the village a population density of .[3] The village area was originally centered on the old Eikeland ironworks factory along the river, but has since spread out to the east and the urban area of Eikeland now includes the neighboring village of Fiane. The European Route E18 highway can be reached about to the north of Eikeland.