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District Tveit
District Tveit (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°13′25″N8°06′35″E / 58.2236°N 08.1098°E / 58.2236; 08.1098
Country Norway
Region Southern Norway
County Agder
City Kristiansand
Boroughs Oddernes
Elevation
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33 m (108 ft)
Population
 (2014)
  Total2,000
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-030112
Website kristiansand.kommune.no

Tveit is a village and surrounding district in Oddernes borough in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The Tveit district is located in the northeastern part of Kristiansand, northeast of the Topdalsfjorden along the lower part of the Tovdalselva river. Tveit is the site of the main airport for Southern Norway: Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. The district was the separate municipality of Tveit from 1838 until it was merged into Kristiansand in 1965.

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The village of Tveit lies along the Tovdalselva river, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of the airport. Tveit Church is located in the village. The stone church was built in the 12th century, and it is the oldest building in the village. The 1-square-kilometre (250-acre) village has a population (2016) of 1,418 which gives the village a population density of 1,418 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,670/sq mi). [2]

Name

The district (originally the parish) was named after the old Tveit farm (Old Norse : Þveit), since the Tveit Church was built there. The name is identical with the word þveit which means 'a piece of cleared land cut from a forest'. [3] The name spelled differently over the centuries: Tved, Thvet, and Tveid. [4]

Sports

In 2010, the Kristiansand City Council had a vote on which district should have a new sports hall. The 2 finalists were Tveit and Randesund. In a final bid to win the facility, the people from Tveit launched a supporters meeting outside the council offices with about 300 attendees. Randesund supporters were also there numbering about 10. The same day it was announced that Tveit had won the bid. Therefore, a new Tveit sports hall will be built in the coming years[ needs update ] with a budget of 20 million kr. Currently there is a small sports hall in Tveit at the Ve School which is used by various organisations.[ citation needed ]

The Tveit Skisenter is also the largest ski resort in Kristiansand.[ citation needed ] It even has ski escalators.[ citation needed ]

Transportation

Bus transportation from/through Tveit
LineDestination [5]
35 Kjevik-Brattvollshei - Kristiansand
35Kjevik-Brattvollshei o/ Grødum - Kristiansand
36Tveit-Grødum - Kristiansand
36Tveit-Grødum - Ve
36Tveit-Grødum o/ Kjevik - Rona
37 Birkeland - Kristiansand
37Birkeland o/ Dønnestad - Kristiansand
220Solsetta/Grødum/Dønnestad - Ve
FLY Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik - Kristiansand

Politics

The 10 largest political parties in Tveit As of 2015: [6]

Kristiansand City Council
PartyPercent of votesVotes
Labour 26.8%288
Conservative 24.2%260
Christian Democratic 12.4%133
Progress 12.4%127
Norway Democrats 11.8%88
Liberal 8.2%38
Green 3.5%37
Pensioners' Party 2.7%33
Socialist Left 1.7%29
The Christians 0.9%10
Others1.6%17
   Total99.7%1060

Neighbourhoods

Notable residents

Notable visitor

The Hubert Humphrey Memorial in Tveit. Hubert Humphrey Memorial.JPG
The Hubert Humphrey Memorial in Tveit.

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