Editing Bygland (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Jernbanestation ved Sætersdalsbanen - no-nb digifoto 20140408 00005 bldsa FA0156 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|View of a railway station along the [[Setesdal Line]]]]
Bygland lies in the middle of the [[Setesdal]] [[valley]] which is also a [[Districts of Norway|traditional district]] in Aust-Agder county. The valley includes the municipalities of [[Bykle]], [[Valle, Norway|Valle]], Bygland, [[Iveland]], and [[Evje og Hornnes]]. The [[Otra]] river flows from the [[glacier|glacially]] scoured [[Hardangervidda]] [[plateau]] in the north, through the Setesdal valley (and through Bygland), and into the sea near the city of [[Kristiansand]]. The municipality is bordered on the north by [[Valle, Norway|Valle]], in the east by [[Fyresdal]] ([[Telemark]] county) and [[Åmli]] ([[Agder]] county), in the south by [[Froland]] and [[Evje og Hornnes]], and in the west by [[Åseral]], [[Kvinesdal]], and [[Sirdal]] (all in Agder county).

Bygland is Agder's third largest municipality in area. The majority of the area of the municipality lies in the [[Setesdalsheiene]] mountains, at an elevation of over {{convert|700|m}} above sea level. The municipality stretches from the small town [[Byglandsfjord]] in the south to the farms at [[Langeid]] in the north. Lake [[Byglandsfjorden]] is {{convert|40|km}} long and lies on the river Otra. Other lakes include the [[Åraksfjorden]], [[Gyvatn]], [[Hovatn]], [[Kvifjorden]], [[Longerakvatnet]], [[Straumsfjorden, Aust-Agder|Straumsfjorden]], and [[Topsæ]]. The rivers [[Otra]] and [[Topdalsfjorden]] both run through Bygland on their way south. The [[Reiårsfossen]] waterfall is one of many waterfalls in the municipality.