Lindesnes
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| County | Vest-Agder | |
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| Municipality | NO-1029 | |
| Administrative centre | Sør-audnedal | |
| Mayor (2003) | Ivar Lindal (KrF) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 269 317 km² 297 km² 0.10 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 216 4,486 0.10 % 3.7 % 15/km² |
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| www.lindesnes.kommune.no |
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Lindesnes is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. It is a coastal municipality, with a long stretch of coastline to the south. It also borders in the north on Audnedal municipality, Lyngdal in the west, and Mandal and Marnardal in the east.
In 1964, Sør-Audnedal, Vigmostad and Spangreid municipalities were merged into Lindesnes municipality.
The lighthouse of Lindesnes stands on the southernmost point of the mainland of Norway.
(See also: Knivskjellodden)
[edit] The name
The oldest Norse form of the name was Líðandi. That name is derived from the verb líða 'go to an end' - and the meaning is probably just 'the end'.
A later form was Líðandisnes, where the word nes n 'headland' was added.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). It shows a light house. (The oldest light house in Norway, from 1655, was built on the headland of Lindesnes.)
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Audnedal | Farsund | Flekkefjord | Hægebostad | Kristiansand | Kvinesdal | Lindesnes | Lyngdal | Mandal | Marnardal | Sirdal | Songdalen | Søgne | Vennesla | Åseral |
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