Sødal is a neighbourhood in the city of

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 ...

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county,

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. It's located in the

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borough on the east bank of river

Otra The Otra is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It begins in Setesdalsheiene mountains at the lake Breidvatnet in Bykle municipality in Agder county, just south of the border with Vinje municipality in Telemark county. The r ...

. Previously it has been farmed and a

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

quarry and a still existing lime kiln located at Sødal. In 1803, four aggressive

wolves The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though gr ...

were caught in outlying areas. Sødal is currently a residential area. At the ''Torridalsveien'' ( County Road 1) there is a tollgate which is a part of the toll ring around Kristiansand.Rudjord, Kåre: ''Oddernes bygdebok, Gårdshistorie'', published by Kristiansand kommune, 1968. Pp. 533 to 552 .

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