Feda

Feda herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Feda on Fedafjorden
Coordinates:
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1038
Adm. Center Feda
Created from Kvinesdal in 1900
Merged with Kvinesdal in 1963

Feda former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Kvinesdal. In 2009, the village of Feda had a population of 390.[1]

Feda is home to the static inverter plant of HVDC NorNed. The station was built close to an existing electrical substation.

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Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old "Fede" farm. The name of the farm comes from the river Fedaelva which flows into the Fedafjorden near the farm.[2]

History

The municipality of Feda was created on 1 January 1900 when the old municipality of Kvinesdal was split into two separate municipalities: Feda (population: 1,090) and Liknes (population: 2,937).

On 1 January 1963, Feda was reincorporated into Kvinesdal (in 1917 Liknes was re-named Kvinesdal) along with Fjotland. Prior to the merger Feda had 576 inhabitants.[3]

References

  1. ^ Statistics Norway (1 January 2006). Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality.. http://www.ssb.no/beftett_en/tab-2009-06-16-01-en.html. 
  2. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 279. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=150192&avid=33897. 
  3. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999) (in Norwegian) (PDF). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf. 

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