page_title: Birkenes
section_title: General information
hierarchical_section_title: Birkenes / General information
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Birkenes kirke i Birkenes, Aust-Agder Ark. Grosch 1858. This is a photo of a monument in Norway, number: 83889 in the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage database.
context_page_description: Birkenes is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Birkeland, where about half the municipal population lives. Other villages in Birkenes include Ås, Engesland, Flakk, Håbbesland, Herefoss, Mollestad, Oggevatn, Rugsland, Senumstad, Søre Herefoss, Svaland, Tveide, and Væting.
  The 674-square-kilometre municipality is the 166th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Birkenes is the 195th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,178. The municipality's population density is 8.2 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 17.4% over the last decade.
caption: Birkenes Church, circa 1858
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