Lista is a former municipality located in the old

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ...

county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The

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was the village of Vanse where

Vanse Church Vanse Church ( no, Vanse kirke; historic: ) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Farsund Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vanse. It is the main church for the Lista parish which is part of the Lister o ...

is located. Lista municipality was historically known as the municipality of ''Vanse'' until 1911. The former municipality's land is now located in the present-day municipality of Farsund in Agder county. Farsund Airport, Lista is located here, but it has not had any regularly scheduled commercial flights since 1999; however, there are discussions to use it as a base for offshore operations. Lista is located on a large peninsula along the Listafjorden and is home to the villages of Vestbygd and Vanse and the town of Farsund.

Name

The municipality was named ''"Vanse"'' from its creation in 1838 until 1911 when the name was changed to ''Lista''. The original name of the municipality (and the historic parish) was originally named after the old ''Vanse'' farm, where the first

was built. This name was changed in 1911 to bring back the historic name of ''Lista'' for this region of

county. Lista is the name of the

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( non, Listi) where the municipality is located. The name ''Lista'' is derived from the Norwegian word ''lista'' which means "edge" or "rim". From 1662 until 1919,

county was named ''"Lister og Mandals

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"'', signifying the significance of the area. (The name ''Lista'' was misunderstood by Danish clerks as a plural form and therefore written with the plural ending ''-er''.)

History

The municipality of ''Vanse'' was established on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January ...

law). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 4,213. On 1 January 1903, an area with 99 inhabitants was transferred from Vanse to the neighboring town of Farsund. Again in 1948, another area with 64 inhabitants was transferred from Lista to the town of Farsund. During the 1960s, there were many major municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the municipalities of Lista, Herad, and Spind were merged with the town of Farsund to create a new, larger municipality of Farsund. Prior to the merger, Lista had a population of 4,544.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Lista, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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, senior citizen services, unemployment and other

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, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council of Lista was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Notable people

Evert Andersen Evert Andersen (1 February 1772 – 29 July 1809) was a Norwegian sea captain who fought in the Gunboat War against Great Britain and Sweden 1807–09. Early life Andersen was a farmer's son from Lista who left his father's farm to his young ...

Marquis of Lista Marquis of Lister ( no, Markis av Lista; location now spelled ''Lista'' but grant uses older form) was a title of the Norwegian nobility. Lista lies in Southern Norway. The title was given to the Italian Hugo Octavius Accoramboni of Florence by ...

References

External links

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Weather information for Lista
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