Snartemo Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Snartemo, Hægebostad (Vest-Agder). yr.no. 2016-10-28.
  2. Web site: Statistikkbanken . Statistics Norway.
  3. Web site: Snartemo. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2016-10-28.
  4. Web site: Snartemo . . Norwegian . 12 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Lys i tunnelen . Svingheim . Njål . 10 July 2012 . . Norwegian . 12 June 2015 . 14 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150614160954/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Nyheter/Nyhetsarkiv/2012/Lys-i-tunnelen/ . dead .