Spind

Spind herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Spind Church
Coordinates:
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1040
Adm. Center Spind
Area[1]
 • Total 43 km2 (16.6 sq mi)
Split from Herad in 1893
Merged into Farsund in 1965

Spind is a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located on the Spind peninsula in the western part of the present-day municipality of Farsund. The peninsula lies between the Lygndalsfjord and the Rosfjord.

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Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named Spind (Old Norse: Spind), which means "lump" or "knoll", probably because the land has many rolling hills.[1] [2]

History

The municipality of Spind was established on 17 October 1893 when it was split from the municipality of Herad. At the time of its establishment, Spind had 1,410 inhabitants. On 1 July 1916, a small part of the neighboring municipality of Austad (population: 4) was transferred to Spind. On 1 January 1965, Spind (population: 606) was incorporated into a new, enlarged Farsund municipality along with neighboring municipalities of Herad and Lista.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Spind" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. http://www.snl.no/Spind. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 
  2. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 213. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=147896&avid=33385. 
  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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