Øyslebø og Laudal

Øyslebø og Laudal herred
Former Municipality
Øyslebø og Laudal herred
Øyslebø og Laudal herred

Location of the municipality

Coordinates: 58°12′43″N 07°31′30″E / 58.21194°N 7.52500°E / 58.21194; 7.52500Coordinates: 58°12′43″N 07°31′30″E / 58.21194°N 7.52500°E / 58.21194; 7.52500
Country Norway
Region Southern Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1021
Adm. Center Øyslebø
Area[1]
 • Total 250 km2 (100 sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Split into Øyslebø and Laudal in 1899

Øyslebø og Laudal is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 250-square-kilometre (97 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1899. The administrative centre was the village of Øyslebø. The municipality was located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Marnardal.[1]

Name

The municipality name is an amalgamation of the two parishes that make up the municipality: Øyslebø and Laudal. The parish of Øyslebø (Old Norse: Øyðslubœr) is named after the old Øyslebø farm, where Øyslebø Church is located. The name is derived from the old river name, Øyðsla.[2] The parish of Laudal (Old Norse: Laugardalr) is named after the old Laudal farm, where Laudal Church is located. The first element of the name comes from the old name for the river, Laug, (now the Lågåna river) and the last element (Old Norse: dalr) means "valley". Therefore, the name means "Laug river valley".[3]

History

The parish of Øslebø og Løvdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, the parish had a population of 1,895.[4] The spelling of the name was later changed to Øyslebø. On 1 January 1899, Øyslebø og Laudal was split to create two new municipalities: Øyslebø (population: 991) and Laudal (population: 836). These two municipalities later merged with the majority of Bjelland and a portion of Finsland to form the new municipality of Marnardal.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Store norske leksikon. "Laudal" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  2. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 107.
  3. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 99.
  4. ↑ Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vest-Agder 1801-1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø.
  5. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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