Vrådal

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Vrådal (historically spelled Wraadahl) is a village area in Kviteseid Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located along the northern end of the lake Nisser and the eastern end of the lake Vråvatn. The economy is based on tourism (hotels, camping and a ski-centre), light industry, and small-scale logging. The wooden Vrådal Church, built in 1866, is located on the western end of the village. Vrådal is located about 10 km to the south of the village of Kviteseid. The 0.84 km2 village had a population (2012) of 215 and a population density of 256 PD/km2. Since 2012, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway. The whole urban area included the village of Eidstod and the village of Strond.

Name

The village area is named Vrådal. The first element is named after the old Vraa farm since the first Vrådal Church was built there. The farm name is derived from the word which means "corner" or "step". The last element is which means "valley" or "dale". The name could be referring to the fact that the valley is angled like a corner.

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