Lindesnes
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| Lindesnes kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 58°6′15″N 7°17′20″E / 58.10417°N 7.28889°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
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| County | Vest-Agder | ||
| District | Sørlandet | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1029 | ||
| Administrative centre | Sør-Audnedal | ||
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| - Mayor (2003) | Ivar Lindal (KrF) | ||
| Area (Nr. 269 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 317 km2 (122.4 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 297 km2 (114.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 4,486 | ||
| - Density | 15/km2 (38.8/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 3.7 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 216 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
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| Website | www.lindesnes.kommune.no | ||
Lindesnes is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. Lindesnes was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the older municipalities of Spangereid, Sør-Audnedal, and Vigmostad.
It is a coastal municipality, with a long stretch of coastline to the south. It also borders Audnedal municipality to the north, Lyngdal to the west, and Mandal and Marnardal to the east. The lighthouse of Lindesnes stands on the southernmost point of the mainland of Norway.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The oldest Old Norse form of the name was Líðandi. That name is derived from the verb líða which means "lead/go to an end" and the meaning is probably just "the end". A later form was Líðandisnes where the word nes which means "headland" was added (related to the English forms ness and naze).
(The traditional English form of the name is just the Naze.)
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 25 April 1986. The arms show the local lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse in Norway. It was built in 1655 on the headland of Lindesnes.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/l/lindesne.htm. Retrieved on 27 September 2008.
[edit] External links
Media related to Lindesnes at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Lindesnes- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Vest-Agder travel guide from Wikitravel
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