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Sirdal
Sirdal is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the northwestern part of the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tonstad. Other villages in Sirdal include Bjørnestad, Haughom, Kvæven, Lunde, and Tjørhom. The municipality is the 52nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sirdal is the 291st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,810. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 0.3% over the previous 10-year period. General information The old parish of Sirdal was first established as a municipality in 1849 when it was separated from the large municipality of Bakke. Initially, Sirdal had 1,804 residents. On 1 January 1903, a small area of Sirdal (population: 63) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Fjotland. On 1 January 1905, the municipality of Sirdal was dissolved and its territories were divided int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øvre Sirdal
Øvre Sirdal is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. It was located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Sirdal in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Lunde where Lunde Church is located. Name The name "Øvre Sirdal" means "upper Sirdal" since it was created from the northern part of the old Sirdal municipality. The Old Norse form of the name was . The first element is the genitive case of the name of the river '' Síra'' and the last element is ''dalr'' which means "valley" or "dale". The meaning of the rivername is unknown (maybe "strong stream"). History The municipality of Øvre Sirdal was established on 1 January 1905 when the old Sirdal formannskapsdistrikt was split into two municipalities: Øvre Sirdal (population: 753) and Tonstad. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonstad
Tonstad is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sirdal in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet in the Sirdalen valley. The village has a population (2015) of 874, giving the village a population density of . Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station and the Tonstad ski center are both located in and around this village. The Tonstad Church is also located in the village. The village of Tonstad was the administrative center of the old municipality of Tonstad from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. In 1960, it became the part of Sirdal, and it continued to be the administrative center of that new municipality. Name The municipality of Tonstad was named after the old ''Tonstad'' farm (Old Norse: ''Þornýjarstaðir ''), since the Tonstad Church is located there. The first element of the name comes from the female name ''Tone'' (Old Norse: ''Þorný'') and the last element is ''staðir'' which means "homestead" or "farm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonstad (municipality)
Tonstad is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1905 until 1960. It encompassed the southern part of the present-day municipality of Sirdal. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Tonstad where Tonstad Church is located. History The municipality of Tonstad was established on 1 January 1905 when the old municipality of Sirdal was divided into two municipalities: Tonstad (population: 828) and Øvre Sirdal (population: 753). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1960, Tonstad (population: 651) was merged with Øvre Sirdal and the Øksendal area of Bakke, Norway, Bakke to form a new municipality of Sirdal. Name The municipality of Tonstad was named after the old ''Tonstad'' farm ( non, Þornýjarstaðir), since the church is located there. The first element of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sira (river)
Sira is a river in southwestern Norway. The long river flows begins in the Sirdalsheiane mountains near the borders of Agder and Rogaland counties. The headwaters of the river is the lake Ytre Storevatnet and it flows south through the Sirdalen valley in the municipalities of Sirdal and Flekkefjord. The river flows through the large lakes Sirdalsvatnet and Lundevatnet before heading south on the Agder/Rogaland county border. At the village of Åna-Sira the river empties into the Åna (fjord), Åna fjord. The river runs through several large villages such as Åna-Sira, Sira, Norway, Sira, Tonstad, Lunde, Sirdal, Lunde, and Kvæven. The river drains the watershed. The Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station is powered by water from the waterfalls along this river. Media gallery Aana-Sira.jpg, View at Åna-Sira 20110807 10 Tonstad.jpg, View near Tonstad Bakke bro.JPG, Bakke bridge over the river See also *List of rivers in Norway References Sirdal Flekkefjord Sokndal Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunde, Sirdal
Lunde is a small farming village in Sirdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Sira in the upper part of the Sirdalen valley. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Øvre Sirdal Øvre Sirdal is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. It was located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Sirdal in A ... from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. Lunde Church is located in the village, just east of the bridge over the river. The village is home to the German boarding school Outdoor College. It was founded by Maike and Günter Hoffmann and welcomed its first class of students, counting 23 adolescents, in August 2014. The school building is named Dr. Rolf Hoffmann Skole, after Günter Hoffmann's father who died a few months after the school's initial opening. Before the building was used a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørnestad
Bjørnestad is a village in Sirdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about west of the village of Tonstad, just west of the lake Bjørnestadvatnet. The village is known for the ''Bjørnestad Skisenter'' skiing resort. Bjørnestad Skisenter The village is known for its small ski resort. The resort has one T-bar lift A surface lift is a type of cable transport for snow sports in which skiers and snowboarders remain on the ground as they are pulled uphill. While they were once prevalent, they have been overtaken in popularity by higher-capacity and higher-c ... that pulls skiers up a mountain. Although very small, it has got some great skiing terrain for more experienced skiers. The slope is about 37% steep on average, which makes it the steepest ski resort in Sirdal. Bjørnestad Skisenter uses this fact in their slogan: (English: "Steepest in Sirdal"). References Ski areas and resorts in Norway Sport in Agder Villages in Agder Sirdal< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakke, Norway
Bakke is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. It was located in the present-day municipalities of Sirdal and Flekkefjord. It included the whole Sirdalen valley along the Rogaland county border, stretching from the Aust-Agder county border in the north to Sirnes and the lake Lundevatnet in the south. The administrative center was the village of Sira where Bakke Church is located. History The church parish of Bakke (population: 2,378 in 1835) was split into three civil municipalities on 1 January 1838: ''Vestre Bakke'', ''Østre Bakke'', and Gyland. This occurred because the main church parish of Bakke contained land in both the counties of Stavanger and Lister og Mandal and they had to be divided according to the newly passed formannskapsdistrikt law. Due to the very low populations of the three municipalities, this arrangement did not last long. In August 1838, the county border was moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lister Region
Lister Region ( no, Listerregionen) is a region in Southern Norway. It consist of the municipalities Farsund, Flekkefjord, Hægebostad, Kvinesdal, Lyngdal, and Sirdal. The region borders to Kristiansand Region in the east, Setesdal to the north, and Rogaland County to the west. There are two towns in Lister: Flekkefjord and Farsund is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Farsund. Farsund is a coastal municipality in the far southwestern part of Norway, b .... Municipalities Media gallery Farsund - daybreak.jpg, Farsund, the largest and oldest city in the Lister Region Late evening (3685584430).jpg, View from Sirdal Юго-западная Норвегия.jpg, View of the Kvinesdal valley References {{Metropolitan areas of Southern Norway Regions of Norway Farsund Flekkefjord Sirdal Kvinesdal Lyngdal Hægebostad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of Norway
Norway is divided into 11 administrative regions, called county, counties (''fylker'' in Norwegian, singular: ''fylke''), and 356 municipality, municipalities (''kommuner/-ar'', singular: ''kommune'' – cf. Municipality#communes, communes). The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality. Municipalities are the atomic unit of local government in Norway and are responsible for primary education (until 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. Law enforcement and Church of Norway, church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous consolidation. In 1930, there were 747 municipalities in Norway. As of 2020 there are 356 municipalities, a reduction from 422. See the list of former municipalities of Norway for further detail about municipal mergers. The consolidation effort is complicated by a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agder
Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south country, south land, southland") has been commonly used for this region, sometimes with the inclusion of neighbouring Rogaland. Before that time, the area was considered a part of Western Norway. The area was a medieval petty kingdom, and after Norway's unification became known as ''Egdafylki'' and later ''Agdesiden'', a county within the kingdom of Norway. The name Agder was not used after 1662, when the area was split into smaller governmental units called Nedenæs, Råbyggelaget, Lister, and Mandal. The name was resurrected in 1919 when two counties of Norway that roughly corresponded to the old Agdesiden county were renamed Aust-Agder (East Agder) and Vest-Agder (West Agder). Even before the two counties joined in 2020, they cooperate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flekkefjord
is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Flekkefjord. The villages of Sira, Gyland, Rasvåg, Kirkehavn, and Åna-Sira are located in Flekkefjord. Flekkefjord is the westernmost municipality of the geographical region of Sørlandet. Flekkefjord is approximately midway between the cities of Kristiansand and Stavanger, located along European route E39 and the Sørlandet Line. The municipality is the 198th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Flekkefjord is the 121st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,048. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 0% over the previous 10-year period. General information The small town of Flekkefjord was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1942, a part of the municipality of Nes (population: 377) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjotland (municipality)
Fjotland is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1841 and again from 1858 until its dissolution in 1963. The administrative centre was the village of Fjotland where Fjotland Church is located. The municipality covered the northern part of the Kvinesdalen valley in the present-day municipality of Kvinesdal. History The parish of Fjotland was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law), but the municipality was short-lived. In 1841, Fjotland (population: 980) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Kvinesdal. This union, however, only lasted until 1858 when Fjotland was separated to form its own municipality again. At that time, Fjotland had a population of 1,044. On 1 January 1874, an unpopulated area of Fjotland was transferred to neighboring Sirdal municipality. On 1 January 1903, a small area of Sirdal (population: 63) was transferred to Fjotland. During the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
