Grindheim

Grindheim herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Grindheim church in Vest-Agder
Coordinates:
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1025
Adm. Center Grindheim
Created from Bjelland og Grindum in 1902
Merged with Audnedal in 1964

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

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Name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Grindheim farm (Old Norse: Grindheimr), since the first church was built there. The first element is grind which means "gate" or "wicket" (or possibly grind which means "sand" or "gravel") and the last element is heimr which means "home", "homestead", or "farm".[1][2]

Prior to 1889, the name was written as Grindem. Then from 1889-1917, the spelling was changed to Grindum. Then again in 1918, the spelling was changed to its present form: Grindheim.

History

The municipality of Grindum was established on 1 January 1902 when the old municipality of Bjelland og Grindum was divided into two separate municipalities. At that time, Grindheim had a population of 909.

On 1 January 1964, Grindheim was merged with Konsmo and the districts of Ågedal and Midtbø in Bjelland to create the new municipality of Audnedal. Before the merger Grindheim had a population of 701.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 122. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=144856&avid=32723. 
  2. ^ "Grindheim" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. http://www.snl.no/Grindheim. Retrieved 2009-10-26. 
  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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