page_title: Sigdal
section_title: Geography and population
hierarchical_section_title: Sigdal / Geography and population
caption_attribution_description: Vatnås church, Sigdal, Buskerud, Norway.
context_page_description: Sigdal is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestfoss.
  The municipality of Sigdal was established on 1 January 1838. The area of Krødsherad was separated from Sigdal on 1 January 1901. The municipality has common borders with the municipalities of Flå, Krødsherad, Modum, Øvre Eiker, Flesberg, Rollag, and Nore og Uvdal.
context_section_description: Most of the citizens live in the village of Eggedal or the administrative centre of Prestfoss. Sigdal is densely populated, dominated by mountains and valleys.
  About 72% of the area is covered with forest, 20% is mountain areas, and 4% of the area is cultivated. Agriculture, forestry, and the kitchen-producing enterprise of Sigdal Kjøkken are still important industries.
caption: Vatnås Church
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