Official Name: | Blakstad |
Other Name: | Blakstad-Osedalen |
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: | Froland |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.6 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 3241 |
Population Density Km2: | 1244 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4820 Froland |
Coordinates: | 58.5054°N 8.6433°W |
Elevation M: | 58 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Blakstad or Blakstad-Osedalen is a village which is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Froland in Agder county, Norway. It is located along the river Nidelva, about northwest of the town of Arendal (where many residents of Blakstad work and shop). The small village of Froland lies about to the north, on the west side of the river, and that is where Froland Church is located.[2]
Originally, Blakstad was the village on the eastern shore of the river and the village of Osedalen was located on the western side of the river. Over the years, the two villages grew together and now form one large village. The 2.6km2 village has a population (2019) of 3,241 and a population density of .[3]
The Arendalsbanen railway line, a branch of the Sørlandsbanen railway line stops at the Blakstad Station. The Norwegian County Road 42 and Norwegian County Road 408 also run through the village.