Editing Valle, Norway (section)

== Geography ==
The municipality of Valle is bordered to the north by the municipalities of [[Bykle]] (in Agder county) and [[Tokke]] (in [[Telemark]] county). To the east, it is bordered by [[Fyresdal]] municipality in Telemark, to the south it is bordered by [[Bygland]] municipality in Agder, and to the west it is bordered by [[Sirdal]] municipality, also in Agder county.

Valle lies in the middle of [[Setesdal]], a [[valley]] and a traditional district in Aust-Agder that included the municipalities of Bykle, Valle, Bygland, [[Iveland]], and [[Evje og Hornnes]]. The [[Otra]] river flows from the [[Hardangervidda]] [[plateau]] in Telemark to the north, through the Setesdal valley (and through Valle), into the sea near the city of [[Kristiansand]].

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LøefraBrokkestøyl.jpg|View of the area near Brokkestøyl
Mykelvatnet, Norway (14947063245).jpg|Farmhouse near the lake Mykelvatnet
Veiåjuvet Valle.jpg|View of the Veiåjuvet canyon
Valle RV9 IMG 7320 storegrödet 1148m djupeskor vraalskred 1132m.JPG|View of the Rv9 road
Valle north evangsnuten RV9 geology IMG 7303.JPG|Evangsnuten mountain
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Valle is separated from the neighbouring valleys in the east and west by the large [[Setesdalsheiene]] mountain plateaus. Before the valley was linked by road to Kristiansand in the 1840s, people routinely traveled east and west across these [[moorland]]s. The highest point is the {{convert|1418|m|adj=on}} tall [[Skammevarden]]. Other high mountains in Valle include [[Bergeheii]], [[Skjerkenuten]], [[Svarvarnuten]], and [[Urddalsknuten]].

The high mountains are the starting points for several large rivers including the [[Kvina]] and [[Tovdalselva]]. Several large lakes are also located in Valle including [[Botnsvatnet]], [[Kolsvatnet]], [[Rosskreppfjorden]], [[Store Bjørnevatn]], [[Straumsfjorden, Aust-Agder|Straumsfjorden]], and [[Øyarvatnet]]. The Hallandsfossen and the Gloppefossen are two larger [[waterfall]]s in Valle.

There are two central population centres in the municipality: [[Valle (village)|Valle]] and [[Rysstad]]. The village of Valle is the site of the municipal administration and Rysstad was the site of the municipal administration in the old municipality of [[Hylestad]].