Official Name: | Snartemo |
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: | Lister |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Hægebostad |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4590 Snartemo |
Elevation M: | 138 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 58.3331°N 7.2125°W |
Snartemo is a village in Hægebostad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in a fairly narrow valley along the river Lygna, about south of the municipal centre of Tingvatn. Snartemo has a population of 118 in 2015.[2] There are historic archeological sites located in Snartemo. Hægebostad Church, built in 1844, is located in Snartemo.[3]
The village is served by Snartemo Station on the Sørlandet Line, the only railway station in the municipality.[4] The station is located in a valley between the Hægebostad Tunnel to the east and Kvineshei Tunnel to the west. These tunnels are 8474m (27,802feet) and 9065m (29,741feet) length, respectively, and the fifth and fourth-longest railway tunnels on the railway network in Norway.[5]