Lunde is a village in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

municipality in

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 ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. 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, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other single road in Eu ...

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 Vedderheia is a village in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about north of the village of Lunde. The area is entirely a residential community with most people working in the nearby villages of Lunde, Høl ...

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 Ausvika or Ausviga is a village in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the Torvefjorden, about west of the village of Høllen and about northeast of the small village of Trysnes. The village has a pop ...

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 ( no, Søgne hovedkirke) 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 ...

which was built in 1861 to replace the

Old Søgne Church Old Søgne Church ( no, Søgne gamle kirke) 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 f ...

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 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 geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

of .

References

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