Øyslebø og Laudal is a former municipality in

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total popul ...

county, that was located in the old

county in

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1899. The

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was the village of

Øyslebø Øyslebø is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Mandalen valley along the Mandalselva river, about north of the town of Mandal. The Sørlandet Line passes the village to the north, stoppin ...

. The municipality was located in part of the present-day municipality of

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county.

History

The

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of ''Øslebø og Løvdal'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law). According to the 1835 census, the parish had a population of 1,895. The spelling of the name was later changed to ''Øyslebø''. On 1 January 1899, Øyslebø og Laudal was split to create two new municipalities:

(population: 991) and

Laudal Laudal is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Mandalselva river, about south of the village of Bjelland and about north of the village of Øyslebø. The village of La ...

(population: 836). These two municipalities later merged with the majority of Bjelland and a portion of Finsland to form the new municipality of Marnardal.

Name

The parishes of Øyslebø and Laudal were merged in 1838 and the new, resulting municipality was given the compound name ''Øyslebø og Laudal'', literally meaning "Øyslebø and Laudal". The

of Øyslebø is named after the old ''Øyslebø'' farm () since the first Øyslebø Church was built there. The first element comes from the old name for the local river . The old river name was likely derived from the verb which means "to destroy". The last element is which means "farm" or "farmstead". Historically, the name was spelled ''Øslebø'' or ''Øislebø''. The

of Laudal is named after the old ''

'' farm () since the first Laudal Church was built there. The first element of the name of the farm comes from the old name for the river, ''Laug'', (now the Lågåna river). The old river name is identical to the word which means "

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". The last element is which means "

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

" or "dale". Therefore, the name means the bath river valley.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oeysleboe og Laudal Lindesnes Former municipalities of Norway 1838 establishments in Norway 1899 disestablishments in Norway

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