Snartemo
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Snartemo
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|native_name =
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|settlement_type = Village
|image_skyline = Snartemo stasjon.jpg
|image_caption = View of the village railway station
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the 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 = Lister
|subdivision_type4 = Municipality
|subdivision_name4 = Hægebostad
|timezone1 = CET
|utc_offset1 = +01:00
|timezone1_DST = CEST
|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00
|postal_code_type = Post Code
|postal_code = 4590 Snartemo
|elevation_m = 138
|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Snartemo, Hægebostad (Vest-Agder)|url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Vest-Agder/H%C3%A6gebostad/Snartemo/|publisher=yr.no|accessdate=2016-10-28}}
|coordinates = {{coord|58|19|59|N|07|12|45|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}
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Snartemo is a village in Hægebostad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in a fairly narrow valley along the river Lygna, about {{convert|7|km}} south of the municipal centre of Tingvatn. Snartemo has a population of 118 in 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken |title=Statistikkbanken |publisher=Statistics Norway}} There are historic archeological sites located in Snartemo. Hægebostad Church, built in 1844, is located in Snartemo.{{cite web|url=https://snl.no/Snartemo|title=Snartemo|author=Store norske leksikon|author-link=Store norske leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2016-10-28}}
The village is served by Snartemo Station on the Sørlandet Line, the only railway station in the municipality.{{cite web |url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Jernbanen/Stasjonssok/-S-/Snartemo/ |title=Snartemo |publisher=Norwegian National Rail Administration |language=Norwegian |accessdate=12 June 2015}} The station is located in a valley between the Hægebostad Tunnel to the east and Kvineshei Tunnel to the west. These tunnels are {{convert|8474|m|sp=us}} and {{convert|9065|m|sp=us}} length, respectively, and the fifth and fourth-longest railway tunnels on the railway network in Norway.{{cite web |url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Nyheter/Nyhetsarkiv/2012/Lys-i-tunnelen/ |title=Lys i tunnelen |last=Svingheim |first=Njål |date=10 July 2012 |publisher=Norwegian National Rail Administration |language=Norwegian |accessdate=12 June 2015 |archivedate=14 June 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614160954/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Nyheter/Nyhetsarkiv/2012/Lys-i-tunnelen/ |url-status=dead }}
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