Austad, Lyngdal

Austad
Austad
	Village
	View of the village church
	Austad Location of the village Austad Austad (Norway)
	Coordinates: 58°05′24″N 07°02′39″E
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Agder
District	Lister
Municipality	Lyngdal
Elevation [1]	6 m (20 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	4580 Lyngdal

Austad is a village in Lyngdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the southern part of Lyngdal, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of the town of Lyngdal and the village of Korshamn. The village is on the eastern shore of the Rosfjorden. Austad Church is located in the center of the village. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Austad which existed from 1909 until 1963. In the Rockstar produced game, “Red Dead Redemption 2”, Austad is referenced on a newspaper scrap found on one of the settlers of Manzanita Post.

Name

The village is named after the old Austad farm (Old Norse: Alvisstaðir). The first element of the name is derived from the male name "Ålvir" and the last element is "stad" (Old Norse: staðir) which means "homestead" or "farm".[2]

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References

"Austad, Lyngdal (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 128.

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[1] "Austad, Lyngdal (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

[2] Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 128.