{{Short description|Village in Valle Municipality, Norway}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Rysstad |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Valle rysstad bygdefjell 701m IMG 7373.JPG |image_caption = View of the village area |mapframe = yes |mapframe-zoom = 11 |mapframe-marker = village |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Norway |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Southern Norway |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Agder |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Setesdal |subdivision_type4 = Municipality |subdivision_name4 = Valle Municipality |timezone1 = CET |utc_offset1 = +01:00 |timezone1_DST = CEST |utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 |postal_code_type = Post Code |postal_code = 4748 Rysstad |coordinates = {{coord|59.0935|07.5359|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 253 |elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Rysstad, Valle (Aust-Agder) |url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Aust-Agder/Valle/Rysstad/ |accessdate=2017-04-06 |publisher=yr.no}}</ref>}}
'''Rysstad'''<ref name="name">{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/183635 |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> is a village in Valle Municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Otra in the Setesdal valley. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs through the village. The village of Besteland lies about {{convert|7|km}} to the south and the villages of Brokke and Hovet lie about {{convert|3|km}} to the north.
==History== Rysstad was the administrative centre of the old Hylestad Municipality which existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1962. Rysstad is the site of the historic Hylestad Church and its surrounding graveyard.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bjørgum. |first=Hallvard T. |date=2020-10-28 |title=Fiskealbert, del 2 |magazine=Klassekampen |page=32 |language=no |quote=Albert bygde hus og fekk si grav på Hylestad kyrkjegard på Rysstad [...] Bjørgum, statsstipendiat}}</ref>
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Category:Villages in Agder Category:Valle, Norway