Spind

Spind herred
Former Municipality

View of the municipal church
Spind herred
Spind herred

Location of the municipality

Coordinates: 58°05′35″N 06°54′06″E / 58.09306°N 6.90167°E / 58.09306; 6.90167Coordinates: 58°05′35″N 06°54′06″E / 58.09306°N 6.90167°E / 58.09306; 6.90167
Country Norway
Region Southern Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Lister
Municipality ID NO-1040
Adm. Center Rødland
Area[1]
 • Total 43 km2 (17 sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created from Herad in 1893
Merged into Farsund in 1965

Spind is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 43-square-kilometre (17 sq mi) municipality existed from 1893 until 1965. It is located on the Spind peninsula in the western part of the present-day municipality of Farsund. The peninsula lies between the Lygndalsfjord and the Rosfjord. The administrative centre of Spind was located in the village of Rødland where Spind Church is located.[1]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named Spind (Old Norse: Spind), which means "lump" or "knoll", probably because the land has many rolling hills.[2]

History

The municipality of Spind was established on 17 October 1893 when it was split from the municipality of Herad. At the time of its establishment, Spind had 1,410 inhabitants. On 1 July 1916, a small part of the neighboring municipality of Austad (population: 4) was transferred to Spind. On 1 January 1965, Spind (population: 606) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Herad and Lista and with the town of Farsund to form a new, larger municipality of Farsund.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Spind" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  2. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 213.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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