Halse og Harkmark

Halse og Harkmark herred
Former Municipality

Coordinates: 58°02′42″N 07°36′12″E / 58.04500°N 7.60333°ECoordinates: 58°02′42″N 07°36′12″E / 58.04500°N 7.60333°E
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1019
Adm. Center Halse
Area[1]
 • Total 105 km2 (41 sq mi)
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged with Mandal in 1964

Halse og Harkmark is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Mandal. When it was a municipality, it encompassed the rural areas that surrounded the city of Mandal, including many islands such as Hille, Skjernøy, and Pysen (Norway's southernmost point).[1]

Name

Halse og Harkmark is a combination of the names of two parishes surrounding Mandal. The name Halse is the name of the church site. The name comes from the (Old Norse: Halshaugar), hals meaning a low area of land between two waters and haugr meaning hill or mound.[1][2] The name Harkmark may be derived from an old river name.[3]

History

Mandals landdistrikt was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1865, the name was changed to Halse og Harkmark. On 1 July 1921, a part of Halse og Harkmark (population: 221) was transferred to the city of Mandal.

On 1 January 1964, Halse og Harkmark (population: 3,676) was merged with the city of Mandal and the neighboring municipality of Holum) to form an enlarged Mandal municipality.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Halse og Harkmark" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  2. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 68.
  3. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 65.
  4. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.