Lunde is a village in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

municipality in

Agder Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The village is located along the

European route E39 European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim (city), Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other ...

highway and along the river Lundeelva. The village is surrounded by several other villages that together form the greater

Søgne Søgne is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 2020 when it was merged with the municipalities of Songdalen and Kristiansand into the "new" Kristiansand municipality in what is now ...

urban area. The village of Lohne lies about to the west, Vedderheia lies about to the north, Eig lies about to the southeast, and

Tangvall Tangvall is a village in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. It was the administrative centre of the old Søgne municipality which existed until 2020. The village is located along the European route E39 highway and the river Søgnee ...

lies about to the east. The village of Ausviga lies about to the south, but it is not part of the greater Søgne urban area. The village of Lunde was the administrative centre of

municipality until 1974 when it was moved to neighboring

. Lunde is also the site of the "new"

Søgne Church Søgne Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lunde, just west of Tangvall. It is the church for the Søgne parish which is part of the Kristians ...

which was built in 1861 to replace the

Old Søgne Church Old Søgne Church () is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the southeastern part of the village of Tangvall. It was once the main church for the Søgne parish whi ...

located a few kilometers away. There is also an elementary school in Lunde. As a part of the greater Søgne urban area, separate population statistics are not tracked for Lunde. Altogether, the urban area has a population (2015) of 9,147 which gives it a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

of .

References

Villages in Agder Geography of Kristiansand {{Agder-geo-stub