Spind

Spind is a former municipality of the former Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 43-square-kilometre (17 sq mi) municipality existed from 1893 until 1965. It is located on the Spind peninsula in the western part of the present-day municipality of Farsund. The peninsula lies between the Lygndalsfjord and the Rosfjord. The administrative centre of Spind was located in the village of Rødland where Spind Church is located.[1]

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Former Municipality
View of the municipal church
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Location of the municipality
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Spind herred (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°05′35″N 06°54′06″E
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictLister
Municipality IDNO-1040
Adm. CenterRødland
Area
 • Total43 km2 (17 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Created fromHerad in 1893
Merged intoFarsund in 1965

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named Spind (Old Norse: Spind), which means "lump" or "knoll", probably because the land has many rolling hills.[2]

History

The municipality of Spind was established on 17 October 1893 when it was split from the municipality of Herad. At the time of its establishment, Spind had 1,410 inhabitants. On 1 July 1916, a small part of the neighboring municipality of Austad (population: 4) was transferred to Spind. On 1 January 1965, Spind (population: 606) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Herad and Lista and with the town of Farsund to form a new, larger municipality of Farsund.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Spind". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  2. Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 213.
  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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