Liknes is the administrative centre of

Kvinesdal Kvinesdal is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Liknes. Other villages in Kvinesdal include Feda, Fjotland, and Storekvin ...

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,

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. The village is located along the river

Kvina Kvina is a river in Southern Norway. The long river begins in the Setesdalsheiene mountains in the municipality of Valle in Agder county and it flows south, along the former Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder county border, through the Kvinesdalen val ...

, about north of the mouth where it empties into the

Fedafjorden Fedafjorden is a fjord in Agder county, Norway. The is located in the municipalities of Kvinesdal, Flekkefjord, and Farsund. The long, narrow fjord runs south from the mouth of the river Kvina to the Listafjorden. The fjord is long and only ...

. The village of Storekvina lies about to the north of Liknes. The village has a population (2015) of 2,462 which gives the village a

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of . The village is the largest urban area in the municipality. There are stores, a school, and

Kvinesdal Church Kvinesdal Church ( no, Kvinesdal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinesdal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Liknes. It is the church for the Kvinesdal parish which is part of the Lister og ...

. Just east of the village is the Saron Valley where the

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center, ' is located. From 1900 until 1917, the municipality of Kvinesdal was named ''Liknes'', after the village.

Media gallery

Liknes.jpg, View of Liknes and the river Kvina 062611 Liknes (9202749498).jpg, View of Liknes in 1953 Kvinesdal kirke, Vest-Agder - Riksantikvaren-T216 01 0022.jpg,

in Liknes

References

Villages in Agder Kvinesdal {{Agder-geo-stub