Tonstad

Tonstad is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sirdal in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet in the Sirdalen valley. The 1.14-square-kilometre (280-acre) village has a population (2015) of 874, giving the village a population density of 767 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,990/sq mi).[1]

This article is about the village in Sirdal, Norway. For the former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway, see Tonstad (municipality).
Tonstad
Village
View of the village
Tonstad
Location of the village
Tonstad
Tonstad (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°39′51″N 06°42′59″E
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictLister
MunicipalitySirdal
Area
 • Total1.14 km2 (0.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total874
 • Density767/km2 (1,990/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
4440 Tonstad

Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station and the Tonstad ski center are both located in and around this village. The Tonstad Church is also located in the village.

The village of Tonstad was the administrative center of the old municipality of Tonstad from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. In 1960, it became the part of Sirdal, and it continued to be the administrative center of that new municipality.

Name

The municipality of Tonstad was named after the old Tonstad farm (Old Norse: Þornýjarstaðir ), since the Tonstad Church is located there. The first element of the name comes from the female name Tone (Old Norse: Þorný) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".[2]

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References
  1. Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2015). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 348.
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