District Sørlandet Area rank 271 in Norway Population 4,943 (2016) | County Vest-Agder Demonym(s) Lindesnes-folk Local time Saturday 5:56 AM | |
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Weather -1°C, Wind NW at 6 km/h, 96% Humidity Points of interest Lindesnes Lighthouse, Barnas Dyrepark – Lindesnes, Lindesnes Bygdemuseum, HKB 17/979 Lindesnes, HKB 18/979 Signalen | ||
Lindesnes fyr norway
Lindesnes (English: the Naze) is a municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vigeland. Other villages in Lindesnes include Åvik, Høllen, Skofteland, Svenevig, and Vigmostad.
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- Lindesnes fyr norway
- Map of Lindesnes Norway
- South norway fpv haukelifjell honnevje sj sanden lindesnes fyr and skreliafallan
- General information
- Name
- Coat of arms
- Churches
- Government
- Municipal council
- Geography
- Notable residents
- References
Map of Lindesnes, Norway
South norway fpv haukelifjell honnevje sj sanden lindesnes fyr and skreliafallan
General information
The municipality of Lindesnes was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the older municipalities of Spangereid (population: 899), Sør-Audnedal (population: 2,323), and Vigmostad (population: 589). The borders of the municipality have not changed since that time.
Name
The oldest Old Norse form of the name was Líðandi. That name is derived from the verb líða which means "lead/go to an end" and the meaning is probably just "the end". A later form was Líðandisnes where the word nes which means "headland" was added (a word that is related to the English forms ness and naze). The traditional English language version of the name is just the Naze, derived from ness meaning headland.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 25 April 1986. The arms are blue with a white or silver lighthouse on the center. The lighthouse represents the local Lindesnes Lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse in Norway. It was built in 1655 on the Lindesnes peninsula.
Churches
The Church of Norway has three parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Lindesnes. It is part of the Mandal deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.
Government
All municipalities in Norway, including Lindesnes, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.
Municipal council
The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Lindesnes is made up of 21 representatives that are elected to every four years. Currently, the party breakdown is as follows:
Geography
Lindesnes is a coastal municipality, with a long stretch of coastline to the south. It borders Audnedal municipality to the north, Lyngdal to the west, and Mandal and Marnardal to the east. The Lindesnes Lighthouse stands on the southernmost point of the mainland of Norway, nearly 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi) southwest of Knivskjellodden, the northernmost point of mainland Norway. The southern coast of Lindesnes is rugged and includes several fjords such as the Snigsfjorden and Grønsfjorden as well as many islands such as Svinør. The interior of the municipality follows the Audnadalen valley through which the river Audna flows south into the Snigsfjorden.