Fjotland

Fjotland herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Fjotland Church
Coordinates:
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1036
Adm. Center Fjotland
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged into Kvinesdal in 1841
Split from Kvinesdal in 1858
Merged into Kvinesdal in 1963

Fjotland a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the northern part of present-day municipality of Kvinesdal.

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Name

The name of the municipality (originally the parish) comes from the old Fjotland farm (Old Norse: Fjósaland). The first element in the name comes from the word fjøs which means "barn" and the last element in the name comes from the word land which means "land".[1]

History

The municipality of Fjotland was established in 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt), but the municipality was short-lived. In 1841, Fjotland (population: 980) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Kvinesdal. This union, however, only lasted until 1858 when Fjotland was separated to form its own municipality again. At that time, Fjotland had a population of 1,044.

On 1 January 1874, an unpopulated area of Fjotland was transferred to neighboring Sirdal. On 1 January 1903, a small area of Sirdal (population: 63) was transferred to Fjotland. On 1 January 1963, Fjotland (population: 1,244) was re-incorporated into Kvinesdal (again) along with the neighboring municipality of Feda. [2]

References

  1. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 276. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=150140&avid=33884&s=n. 
  2. ^ 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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