Øyslebø (municipality)
Øyslebø is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 157-square-kilometre (61 sq mi) municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre was the village of Øyslebø where Øyslebø Church is located. Øyslebø municipality roughly corresponds to the southern part of the present-day municipality of Marnardal.[1]
Øyslebø herred | |
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  Øyslebø herred Location of the municipality  Øyslebø herred Øyslebø herred (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 58°10′10″N 07°33′15″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Southern Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Municipality ID | NO-1021 |
| Adm. Center | Øyslebø |
| Area | |
| • Total | 157 km2 (61 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Created from | Øyslebø og Laudal in 1899 |
| Merged into | Marnardal in 1964 |
History
The municipality of Øyslebø was established on 1 January 1899 when the old municipality of Øyslebø og Laudal was split into two separate municipalities: Laudal and Øyslebø (population: 991). On 1 January 1964, the Brunvatne area of Øyslebø (population: 44) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Søgne. Also on that date, the rest of Øyslebø was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Laudal and Bjelland as well as a portion of Finsland to form the new municipality of Marnardal. Prior to the merger, Øyslebø had a population of 1,068.[2]
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) of Øyslebø (Old Norse: Øyðslubœr) is named after the old Øyslebø farm, where Øyslebø Church is located. The name is derived from the old river name, Øyðsla.[3] The name was previously spelled Øslebø or Øislebø.
References
- Store norske leksikon. "Øyslebø" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-12-06.
- Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 107.