Fjotland

Fjotland
Village
View of the village church
Fjotland Show map of Vest-Agder Fjotland Show map of Norway Location of the village
Coordinates: 58°31′35″N 06°59′31″E / 58.52639°N 6.99194°E / 58.52639; 6.99194Coordinates: 58°31′35″N 06°59′31″E / 58.52639°N 6.99194°E / 58.52639; 6.99194
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Vest-Agder
District	Lister
Municipality	Kvinesdal
Elevation	333 m (1,093 ft)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	4480 Kvinesdal

Fjotland is a village in Kvinesdal municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the northern part of the Kvinesdalen valley on the northeast side of the lake Fjotlandsvatnet. Fjotland is about 17 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of the village of Haughom in Sirdal and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Liknes. Fjotland was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Fjotland which existed prior to 1963. Fjotland Church is located in the village.

The name of the municipality (originally the parish) comes from the old Fjotland farm (Old Norse: Fjósaland). The first element in the name comes from the word fjøs which means "barn" and the last element in the name comes from the word land which means "land".