Fjotland is a village in Kvinesdal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the northern part of the Kvinesdalen valley on the northeast side of the lake Fjotlandsvatnet. The village of Fjotland is about southeast of the village of Haughom in Sirdal Municipality and about north of the village of Liknes. Fjotland Church is located in the village.
History The village of Fjotland was the administrative centre of the old Fjotland Municipality which existed prior to 1963.
Name The name of the municipality (originally the parish) comes from the old Fjotland farm (). The first element in the name comes from the word which means "barn" and the last element in the name comes from the word which means "land".
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