Holum

Holum herred
Former Municipality
Coordinates: 58°05′52″N 07°30′57″E / 58.09778°N 7.51583°ECoordinates: 58°05′52″N 07°30′57″E / 58.09778°N 7.51583°E
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1020
Adm. Center Krossen
Area[1]
  Total 116 km2 (45 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.

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. 1.0 1.1 "Holum" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  2. Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 85.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

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