Spangereid is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1889 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was located in the southwestern part of the present-day municipality of Lindesnes in Agder county. The municipality included the whole Lindesnes peninsula, plus part of the mainland adjacent to the narrow isthmus which connects the peninsula to the mainland. The administrative centre was the village of Høllen where the Spangereid Church is located.[1]
Spangereid herred | |
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Former municipality | |
![]() View of the Spangereid canal | |
![]() Vest-Agder within Norway | |
![]() Spangereid within Vest-Agder | |
Coordinates: 58°02′42″N 07°08′34″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Vest-Agder |
District | Sørlandet |
Established | 1 Jan 1889 |
• Preceded by | Sør-Undal Municipality |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
• Succeeded by | Lindesnes Municipality |
Administrative centre | Høllen |
Population (1964) | |
• Total | 899 |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1030 |
The area is one of Norway's richest archaeological sites. The abundant remnants from the Bronze Age and Viking Age show the Spangereid was a very important place at that time. Spangereid is strategically connected at the Lindesnes peninsula, Norway's southernmost point, where the east coast meets the west coast.
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Spangereid farm (Old Norse: Spangarheiði). This is where the local Spangereid Church was located. The first element comes from the Old Norse word spǫng which means a "small piece of land" and the last element is eið which is identical with the word for "isthmus", since the church is located on an isthmus which connects the Lindesnes peninsula to the mainland.[2][1]
The municipality of Spangereid was established on 1 January 1899 when it was separated from the municipality of Sør-Undal. The initial population of the new municipality was 1,734. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, the Gitlevåg area (population: 103) of Spangereid was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Lyngdal. On 1 January 1964, Spangereid (population: 899) was merged with Sør-Audnedal and Vigmostad to form the new municipality of Lindesnes.[3]
All municipalities in Norway, including Spangereid, are responsible for primary education (to 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.[4]
The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Spangereid 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) | 2 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 13 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 3 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 13 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 2 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 7 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 12 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 3 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 12 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 1 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 4 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 12 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 7 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 12 | |
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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