Official Name: | Kyrkjebygda |
Other Name: | Nissedal |
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: | Nissedal Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 3854 Nissedal |
Coordinates: | 59.1604°N 8.5353°W |
Elevation M: | 395 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Kyrkjebygda or Nissedal is a village in Nissedal Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the lake Nisser, about to the north of the municipal centre of Treungen.[2]
The meaning of the name is literally "the church village" since the Nissedal Church has been located there for centuries.
There is a small cable ferry located about to the north of the village which connects the east and west sides of the large lake Nisser.