Kvås

Kvås herred
Former Municipality

Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°15′43″N 07°11′58″E / 58.26194°N 7.19944°ECoordinates: 58°15′43″N 07°11′58″E / 58.26194°N 7.19944°E
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1033
Adm. Center Kvås
Area[1]
 • Total 116 km2 (45 sq mi)
Split from Lyngdal in 1909
Merged into Lyngdal in 1963

Kvås is a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the Lyngdalen valley in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Lyngdal. The village of Kvås is located along the river Lygna (Lyngdalselva). Other villages in the Kvås district are Birkeland and Moi.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Kvås farm (Old Norse: Kváss), since that is where the church is located. The meaning of the name probably refers to a "valley" or "hollow".[2]

Kvås church

History

The municipality of Kvås was established on 1 January 1909 when the old municipality of Lyngdal was divided into three new municipalities: Austad, Lyngdal, and Kvås (population: 736). On 1 January 1963, Austad (population: 608) and Kvås (population: 493) were re-incorporated into the municipality of Lyngdal along with the Gitlevåg area of Spangereid.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Kvås – tidl. kommune" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  2. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 252.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

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