Undal Municipality
Undal Municipality
Undal herred | |
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.jpg) View of the Undal valley | |
 Vest-Agder within Norway | |
 Undal within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°17′07″N 07°21′21″E / 58.28528°N 7.35583°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1845 |
| • Succeeded by | Nordre Undal Municipality and Søndre Undal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Vigeland |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1841–1844) | Bertel Person Roland |
| Area (upon dissolution)[1] | |
• Total | 368 km2 (142 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 517 m (1,696 ft) |
| Population (1845) | |
• Total | 4,695 |
| • Density | 12.8/km2 (33.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1027[3] |
Undal is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 368-square-kilometre (142 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1845. The area is now divided between Lindesnes Municipality and Lyngdal Municipality in the traditional district of Lister in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Vigeland.[4]
General information
[edit]The parish of Undal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). This municipality was short-lived and only existed for seven years. In 1845 it was split into two new municipalities: the rural northern district (population: 802) became the new Nordre Undal Municipality and the southern district (population: 3,893) became the new Søndre Undal Municipality.[5]
Name
[edit]The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Audnedalen valley (Old Norse: Auðnudalr), but over time the name was shorted due to a corruption of the language. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Auðna (now Audna). The river name is derived from the word auðn which means "destruction" or "wasteland" (because of the flooding that often happens along the river). The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The municipality was dissolved in 1848, but the name lived on. In the early 20th century, the name Undal was Norwegianized to Audnedal, bringing back its more original spelling, and in 1964, a new Audnedal Municipality was re-created in this area.[6][7]
Churches
[edit]The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Undal Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Undal prestegjeld and the Mandal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder.[8]
| Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
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| Undal | Valle Church | Vigeland | 1793 |
| Konsmo Church | Konsmo | 1802 | |
| Spangereid Church | Høllen | c. 1140 | |
| Vigmostad Church | Vigmostad | 1859 |
Geography
[edit]The municipality encompassed most of the Audnedalen valley which follows the river Audna southwards to the sea. The highest point in the municipality was the 517-metre (1,696 ft) tall mountain Feiåsbergan, on the border with Hægebostad Municipality.[2] Bjelland og Grindum Municipality was located to the north, Øyslebø og Laudal Municipality was located to the east, Holum Municipality was located to the east-southeast, Halse og Harkmark Municipality was located to the southeast, the North Sea was located to the south, Lyngdal Municipality was located to the west, and Hægebostad Municipality was located to the northwest.
Government
[edit]While it existed, Undal Municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[9] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Lyngdal District Court and the Agder Court of Appeal.
Mayors
[edit]The mayor (Norwegian: ordfører) of Undal Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:[10][11]
- 1838–1841: Rev. P.B. Lassen
- 1841–1844: Bertel Person Roland
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Norges land og folk: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Company. 1903. pp. 338 and 355.
- 1 2 "Kart over Norge" (in Norwegian). Kartverket.
- ↑ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
- ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (26 November 2024). "Undal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
- ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 155.
- ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir; Helleve, Eirik, eds. (20 June 2024). "Audnedal (tidlegare kommune)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.
- ↑ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (25 November 2024). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ↑ Bergstøl, Tore (1960). "Tilhøve til statsmakta". Vigmostadboka. 2 : Nærings- og kulturlivet (in Norwegian). Mandal: Trykki Salvesen. p. 363.
- ↑ Bergstøl, Tore (1966). Konsmoboka. 2 : Nærings- og kulturlivet (in Norwegian). Konsmo: Konsmo kommune. pp. 386–387.
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