Oddernes

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Oddernes herred
Former Municipality
Lund area of Oddernes
Coordinates: 58°09′34″N 08°00′48″E / 58.15944°N 8.01333°E / 58.15944; 8.01333Coordinates: 58°09′34″N 08°00′48″E / 58.15944°N 8.01333°E / 58.15944; 8.01333
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1012
Adm. Center Oddernes
Area[1]
 • Total 103 km2 (40 sq mi)
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged into Kristiansand in 1965
Oddernes Church is from the 11th century[1]

Oddernes is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Kristiansand. The former municipality of Oddernes encircled the city of Kristiansand, and it encompassed villages such as Flekkerøy, Vågsbygd, Slettheia, Lund, Strai, Mosby and Justvik.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Oddernæs farm (Old Norse: Otruness). The first part of the name comes from its location along the Otra river, and nes means peninsula, so the peninsula along the Otra river.[1][2]

History

The parish of Oddernæs was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 2,373.[3] On 31 December 1893, the area of Randesund was separated from Oddernes to contstitute a municipality of its own. The split left Oddernes with 3,076 inhabitants.

On 1 July 1921, the area of Lund (population: 2,164) was moved from Oddernes to Kristiansand, constituting a new borough there. On 1 January 1965, the rest of Oddernes was incorporated into Kristiansand, along with the neighboring municipalities of Randesund and Tveit. Prior to the merger, Oddernes had a population of 18,668.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Oddernes" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
  2. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 9. 
  3. ↑ Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vest-Agder 1801-1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø. 
  4. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. 

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