Country Norway County Vest-Agder Municipality Lindesnes | Region Southern Norway District Lindesnes Elevation 43 m (141 ft) | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind NW at 8 km/h, 80% Humidity | ||
Vigmostad is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the Audna river in the Audnedalen valley. The village of Konsmo lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the north and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the village of Vigeland. Vigmostad Church is located in the village.
Name
The village (and the parish) is named after the old Vigmostad farm (Old Norse: Vígmundarstaðir), since that is the location of Vigmostad Church. The first element of the name is the old male name Vígmundar (river-mouth) or Vígmarr (river-mare(sea)) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".
References
Vigmostad Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA