Nord-Audnedal Municipality
Nord-Audnedal herred
Former municipality
Nordre Undal herred  (historic name)
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Nord-Audnedal within Vest-Agder
Nord-Audnedal within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°12′10″N 07°20′02″E / 58.20278°N 7.33389°E / 58.20278; 7.33389
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1845
 • Preceded byUndal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1911
 • Succeeded byVigmostad and Konsmo municipalities
Administrative centreVigmostad
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total195.8 km2 (75.6 sq mi)
Population
 (1911)
 • Total1,705
 • Density8.7/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1027[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Nord-Audnedal (historic spelling: Nordre Undal) is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 195.8-square-kilometre (75.6 sq mi) municipality[2] existed from 1845 until its dissolution in 1911. It was located along the river Audna in the Audnedalen valley in the present-day municipalities of Lyngdal and Lindesnes in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Vigmostad where Vigmostad Church is located.[3]

History

The municipality of Nordre Undal was established in 1845 when the old municipality of Undal was divided into Sør-Undal (population: 3,893) and Nordre Undal (population: 802). The name Undal was changed to Audnedal in the early 20th century. On 1 January 1911, Nord-Audnedal ceased to exist when it was divided into two separate municipalities: Konsmo (population: 782) and Vigmostad (population: 923).[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Audnedalen valley (Old Norse: Auðnudalr). The prefix nord means "northern" since it is the northern part of the valley. The first element of the name is the genitive case of the river name Auðna (now Audna). The river name is derived from the word auðn which means "destruction" or "wasteland" (because of the flooding that often happens along the river). The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale".[5][6] Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Nordre Undal (an older version of the valley name that was a shortened and corrupted version of the original Old Norse name). On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Nord-Audnedal. This more modern name was introduced to bring back the historical spelling of the name.[7]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[8]

Mayors

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Nord-Audnedal:[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Helland, Amund (1903). "Nordre Undal herred". X Lister og Mandals amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 338. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Undal" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  4. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  5. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 155.
  6. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Audnedal" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1057–1065. 1917.
  8. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  9. ^ Bergstøl, Tore (1960). "Tilhøve til statsmakta". Vigmostadboka. 2 : Nærings- og kulturlivet (in Norwegian). Mandal: Trykki Salvesen. p. 363.


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