Holum

Holum herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Coordinates:
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1020
Adm. Center Krossen
Area[1]
 • Total 116 km2 (44.8 sq mi)
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged with Mandal in 1964

Holum is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Mandal.

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Name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Holme farm (Old Norse: Holeimr), since that is the location of the church. The name is a combination of the word hol or hull meaning "hole" and the word heimr meaning "home".[2] The spelling of the name was changed from Holme to Holum in 1911.[1]

History

The parish of Holme was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1964, most of Holum (population: 1,127) was merged with the town of Mandal and the municipality of Halse og Harkmark to form an enlarged Mandal municipality. The remainder of Holum (the Stubstad and Svalemyren areas, with a population of 9) were merged into the neighboring municipality of Søgne.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Holum" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. http://www.snl.no/Holum. Retrieved 2009-11-01. 
  2. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 85. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=143637&avid=32462. 
  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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