Kvås (municipality)

Kvås is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 116-square-kilometre (45 sq mi) municipality existed from 1909 until its dissolution in 1963. The municipality today makes up the northern third of the present-day municipality of Lyngdal. The administrative centre of Kvås was the village of Kvås where Kvås Church is located. Other villages in the Kvås area are Birkeland and Moi.[1]

Kvås Church
Kvås herred
Former Municipality
View of a Kvås farm (1953)
Coat of arms
Kvås herred
Location of the municipality
Kvås herred
Kvås herred (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°15′43″N 07°11′58″E
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictLister
Municipality IDNO-1033
Adm. CenterKvås
Area
 • Total116 km2 (45 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Created fromLyngdal in 1909
Merged intoLyngdal in 1963

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Kvås farm (Old Norse: Kváss), since that is where the Kvås Church was located. The meaning of the name probably refers to a "valley" or "hollow".[2]

History

The municipality of Kvås was established on 1 January 1909 when the old municipality of Lyngdal was divided into three new municipalities: Austad, Lyngdal, and Kvås (population: 736). On 1 January 1963, Austad (population: 608) and Kvås (population: 493) were re-incorporated into the municipality of Lyngdal along with the Gitlevåg area of the neighboring municipality of Spangereid.[3]

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See also

References
  1. Store norske leksikon. "Kvås – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). 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. 252.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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