Sør-Audnedal (former name: Søndre Undal or Sør-Undal) is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 108-square-kilometre (42 sq mi) municipality[1][2] existed from 1845 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the present-day municipality of Lindesnes in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Vigeland where Valle Church is.[3]
Sør-Audnedal herred
Søndre Undal herred (historic) | |
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Former municipality | |
![]() View of the village of Vigeland | |
![]() Vest-Agder within Norway | |
![]() Sør-Audnedal within Vest-Agder | |
Coordinates: 58°05′03″N 07°18′17″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Vest-Agder |
District | Sørlandet |
Established | 1845 |
• Preceded by | Undal Municipality |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
• Succeeded by | Lindesnes Municipality |
Administrative centre | Vigeland |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 108 km2 (42 sq mi) |
Population (1964) | |
• Total | 2,323 |
• Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1029 |
The municipality was named Sør-Audnedal, which means "southern Audnedal", since it is the southern part of the old Audnedal municipality, which encompassed the Audnedalen valley. The name Audnedal (Old Norse: Auðnudalr) is from the Audna river (Old Norse: Auðna), which runs through the valley ("-dalr") and empties into the Snigsfjorden. The river name means "destruction".[3][4] Historically, the municipality was named Sør-Undal or Søndre Undal, which uses an older version of the valley name (and an alternate way of spelling "southern").
The municipality of Søndre Undal was established in 1845 when the old Undal municipality was divided into Nordre Undal (population: 802) and Søndre Undal (population: 3,893). The name was later changed to Sør-Audnedal. On 1 January 1899, the western part of Sør-Audnedal (population: 1,734) was separated to become the new 63-square-kilometre (24 sq mi) municipality of Spangereid.[2] The split left Sør-Audnedal with 2,958 inhabitants and an area of 171.7 square kilometres (66.3 sq mi).[1] During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Sør-Audnedal municipality (population: 2,323) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Vigmostad (population: 589) and Spangereid (population: 899) to create the new municipality of Lindesnes.[5]
All municipalities in Norway, including Sør-Audnedal, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[6]
The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Sør-Audnedal was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 4 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 5 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 4 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 4 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 3 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 3 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 3 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 4 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 5 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 3 | |
Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) | 6 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 4 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 4 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 16 | |
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945. |
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