Lyngdal

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Lyngdal kommune
Locator map showing Lyngdal within Vest-Agder
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality NO-1032
Administrative centre Lyngdal
Mayor (2003) Hans Fredrik Grøvan (KrF)
Official language form Bokmål
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 240
391 km²
370 km²
0.12 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 139
7,216
0.16 %
5.1 %
20/km²
Coordinates 58°10′N, 7°3′E
www.lyngdal.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 58°10′N, 7°3′E

Lyngdal is a municipality and town in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. It is a coastal municipality, and borders in the south-east on Lindesnes municipality, Audnedal in the north-east, Hægebostad in the north and Kvinesdal and Farsund in the west. Lyngdal declared township on January 1, 2001.

Major sources of revenue are wood processing, agriculture and commerce. Tourism is also central to the community, with the beaches of Kvavik and Rosfjord being popular resorts during the summer.

In 1963, Lyngdal was merged with the municipalities of Austad, Kvås and the western parts of Spangereid.

The Norse form of the name was Lygnudalr. The first element is the genitive case of the rivername Lygna, the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. The rivername is derived from logn n 'quietness' - and the meaning is 'the quiet one'.

Before 1908 the parish (but NOT the municipality) of Lyngdal was called Aa.

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows a cow (of the special subspecies lyngdalsku).




Municipalities of Vest-Agder Vest-Agder coat of arms

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