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Tonstad (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°39′51″N06°42′59″E / 58.66417°N 6.71639°E / 58.66417; 6.71639 Coordinates: 58°39′51″N06°42′59″E / 58.66417°N 6.71639°E / 58.66417; 6.71639
Country Norway
Region Southern Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Lister
Municipality Sirdal
Area [1]
  Total 1.14 km2 (0.44 sq mi)
Population (2015) [1]
  Total 874
  Density 767/km2 (1,990/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code4440 Tonstad

Tonstad is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sirdal in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet in the Sirdalen valley. The 1.14-square-kilometre (280-acre) village has a population (2015) of 874, giving the village a population density of 767 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,990/sq mi). [1]

An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.

Sirdal Municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway

Sirdal is a municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the northwestern part of the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tonstad. Other villages in Sirdal include Bjørnestad, Haughom, Kvæven, Lunde, and Tjørhom.

Vest-Agder County (fylke) of Norway

Vest-Agder[²vɛstˌɑɡdər](listen)(West Agder) is a county in Norway, bordering Rogaland to the West and Aust-Agder to the East. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, which is about 3.5% of the total population of Norway. Its area is about 7,277 square kilometres (2,810 sq mi). The county administration is located in its largest city, Kristiansand.

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Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station and the Tonstad ski center are both located in and around this village. The Tonstad Church is also located in the village.

Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station

Tonstad Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in the municipality of Sirdal in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The station is in Tonstad, at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet.

A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow. Substantially longer than wide and characteristically employed in pairs, skis are attached to ski boots with ski bindings, with either a free, lockable, or partially secured heel. For climbing slopes, ski skins can be attached at the base of the ski.

Tonstad Church Church in Vest-Agder, Norway

Tonstad Church is a parish church in Sirdal municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tonstad. The church is part of the Sirdal parish in the Lister deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in 1852 using plans by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 300 people.

The village of Tonstad was the administrative center of the old municipality of Tonstad from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. In 1960, it became the part of Sirdal, and it continued to be the administrative center of that new municipality.

Tonstad (municipality) Former Municipality in Southern Norway, Norway

Tonstad is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 361-square-kilometre (139 sq mi) municipality existed from 1905 until 1960. It encompassed the southern part of the present-day municipality of Sirdal. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Tonstad where Tonstad Church is located.

Name

The municipality of Tonstad was named after the old Tonstad farm (Old Norse: Þornýjarstaðir ), since the Tonstad Church is located there. The first element of the name comes from the female name Tone (Old Norse: Þorný) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm". [2]

Old Norse North Germanic language

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

Farm area of land for farming, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures

A farm is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used for specialised units such as arable farms, vegetable farms, fruit farms, dairy, pig and poultry farms, and land used for the production of natural fibres, biofuel and other commodities. It includes ranches, feedlots, orchards, plantations and estates, smallholdings and hobby farms, and includes the farmhouse and agricultural buildings as well as the land. In modern times the term has been extended so as to include such industrial operations as wind farms and fish farms, both of which can operate on land or sea.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2015). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 348.