Official Name: | Kil |
Other Name: | Sannidal |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Norway 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: | Vestmar |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Kragerø Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.87 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 997 |
Population Density Km2: | 1140 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 3766 Sannidal |
Coordinates: | 58.8905°N 9.3017°W |
Elevation M: | 6 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Kil (sometimes called Sannidal) is a village in Kragerø Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E18 highway, at the innermost part of the Kilsfjorden. The village lies about west of the villages of Vadfoss and Helle and about to the northwest of the town of Kragerø. Sannidal Church is located just west of the village.[2]
The 0.87km2 village has a population (2022) of 997 and a population density of .[3]
Historically, the village of Kil was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Sannidal. Kil is an old port where timber and ice was loaded on boats and shipped elsewhere.