Vestre Moland

Vestre Moland kommune
Vestre Moland kommune
	Former Municipality
	View of the Vestre Moland Church which was built of stone in the 12th century
	Vestre Moland Location of the municipality Vestre Moland Vestre Moland (Norway)
	Coordinates: 58°15′31″N 08°21′54″E
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Aust-Agder
Municipality ID	NO-0926
Adm. Center	Møglestu
Area [1]
• Total	103 km2 (40 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged into	Lillesand in 1962

Vestre Moland is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Møglestu where the Vestre Moland Church is located. The 103-square-kilometre (40 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1962 when it was merged into the municipality of Lillesand. Today, the area of Vestre Moland covers the northern part of the present-day municipality of Lillesand.[1]

Vestre Moland included the island of Justøy and the area surrounding the ladested of Lillesand. The lake Østre Grimevann is in the northern part of Vestre Moland and the Blindleia inland waterway is located along the coast of Vestre Moland.

Name

The name comes from Old Norse word Móðguland which is derived from the river name Móðga, which can be linked with the Old Norse word móðigr which means "brave". Vestre means "western" (to distinguish itself from Austre Moland which is located further east in present-day Arendal).[2]

History

The municipality (originally the parish) of Vestre Moland was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1865, the municipality was divided into the two separate municipalities of Vestre Moland (population: 2,167) in the north and Høvåg (population: 2,069) in the south. On 1 January 1962, Vestre Moland (population: 2,454) was merged with the municipality of Høvåg, the ladested of Lillesand, and the Gitmark farm area in the municipality of Eide to form a new, enlarged Lillesand municipality.[3]

References

Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2015-07-23). "Vestre Moland – kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 146.
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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[snl-1] Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2015-07-23). "Vestre Moland – kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-09-02.

[2] Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 146.

[Dag-3] Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)