Sør-Audnedal

Sør-Audnedal Municipality
Sør-Audnedal herred
Former municipality
Søndre Undal herred  (historic name)
View of the village of Vigeland
View of the village of Vigeland
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Sør-Audnedal within Vest-Agder
Sør-Audnedal within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°05′03″N 07°18′17″E / 58.08417°N 7.30472°E / 58.08417; 7.30472
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1845
 • Preceded byUndal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byLindesnes Municipality
Administrative centreVigeland
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
108 km2 (42 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total
2,323
 • Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1029[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Sør-Audnedal (former spelling: Søndre Undal) is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 108-square-kilometre (42 sq mi) municipality[2][3] 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.[4]

History

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.[3] The split left Sør-Audnedal with 2,958 inhabitants and an area of 171.7 square kilometres (66.3 sq mi).[2] 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]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Audnedalen valley (Old Norse: Auðnudalr). The prefix sør means "southern" since it is the southern part of the valley. The first element of the name is the genitive case of the river name Auðna (now Audna). The river name is derived from the word auðn which means "destruction" or "wasteland" (because of the flooding that often happens along the river). The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale".[6][7] Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Søndre Undal (an older version of the valley name that was a shortened and corrupted version of the original Old Norse name). On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Sør-Audnedal. This more modern name was introduced to bring back the historical spelling of the name.[8]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[9]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Sør-Audnedal was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1960–1963 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  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
Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1956–1959 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  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
Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1952–1955 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  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
Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1948–1951 [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  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
Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1945–1947 [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  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
Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1938–1941* [15]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  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.

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b Helland, Amund (1903). "Søndre Undal herred". X Lister og Mandals amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 355. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b Helland, Amund (1903). "Spangereid herred". X Lister og Mandals amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 379. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Sør-Audnedal – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 December 2016.
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  6. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 155.
  7. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Audnedal" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1057–1065. 1917.
  9. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 22 November 2020.