Tonstad (municipality)

Tonstad is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 361-square-kilometre (139 sq mi) municipality existed from 1905 until 1960. It encompassed the southern part of the present-day municipality of Sirdal. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Tonstad where Tonstad Church is located.[1]

Tonstad herred
Former Municipality
View of Tonstad in 1948
Tonstad herred
Location of the municipality
Tonstad herred
Tonstad herred (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°39′51″N 06°42′59″E
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictLister
Municipality IDNO-1046
Adm. CenterTonstad
Area
 • Total361 km2 (139 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Split fromSirdal in 1905
Merged intoSirdal in 1960

History

The municipality of Tonstad was established on 1 January 1905 when the old municipality of Sirdal was divided into two municipalities: Tonstad (population: 828) and Øvre Sirdal (population: 753). On 1 January 1960, Tonstad (population: 651) was merged with Øvre Sirdal and the Øksendal area of Bakke to form a new municipality of Sirdal.[2]

Name

The municipality of Tonstad was named after the old Tonstad farm (Old Norse: Þornýjarstaðir ), since the 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".[3]

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See also

References
  1. Store norske leksikon. "Tonstad – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 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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