Røyknes (original) (raw)

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Village in Southern Norway, Norway

Røyknes
Village
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Coordinates: 58°20′40″N 7°53′52″E / 58.3445°N 07.8977°E / 58.3445; 07.8977
Country Norway
Region Southern Norway
County Agder
District Kristiansand
Municipality Vennesla
Elevation[1] 100 m (300 ft)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code 4715 Øvrebø

Røyknes is a village in Vennesla municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the west side of the river Otra, about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) northeast of the village of Skarpengland. The municipal border between Vennesla and Iveland is the river which is adjacent to the village. Røyknes has about 100 inhabitants.

Røyknes is also the terminal station of the Setesdal Line heritage railway which runs northwest from the village of Grovane.[2]

The steam tank is filled up at the terminal

  1. ^ "Røyknes, Vennesla (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Setesdal Line". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012.