Kvås is a former municipality that was located in the old

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county in

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. The municipality existed from 1909 until its dissolution in 1963. The municipality lies in what is now the central part of the municipality of

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. The

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of Kvås was the village of

Kvås Kvås is a village in Lyngdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Lyngdalen valley, along the river Lygna, about northeast of the municipal centre of Alleen and about west of the village of Konsmo. The Kvås C ...

where Kvås Church is located. Other villages in the Kvås area are Birkeland and

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History

The municipality of Kvås was established on 1 January 1909 when the old municipality of

was divided into three new municipalities: Austad,

, and Kvås (population: 736). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1963, Austad (population: 608) and Kvås (population: 493) were re-incorporated into the municipality of Lyngdal along with the Gitlevåg area of the neighboring municipality of

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Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old '' Kvaas'' farm () since the first Kvås Church was built there. The meaning of the name is uncertain. One possibility is that it comes from the word which means "

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" or "hollow". Prior to the 1917 Norwegian language reform law, the name was spelled with the

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" aa", and after this reform, the letter å was used instead.

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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, and municipal

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s. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council.

Municipal council

The

of Kvås was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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References

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History

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Government

Municipal council

See also

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