Øyslebø og Laudal

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Norway Counties Vest-Agder Position.svg
NO 1021 Oyslebo og Laudal.svg
Øyslebø og Laudal within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°12′43″N07°31′30″E / 58.21194°N 7.52500°E / 58.21194; 7.52500
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Established1 Jan 1838
  Created as Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1899
  Succeeded by Øyslebø and Laudal municipalities
Administrative centre Øyslebø
Area
 (upon dissolution)
  Total250 km2 (100 sq mi)
Population
 (1899)
  Total1,827
  Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1021

Øyslebø og Laudal is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in 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 part of the present-day municipality of Lindesnes in Agder county. [1]

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History

The parish of Øslebø og Løvdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). According to the 1835 census, the parish had a population of 1,895. [2] 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. [3]

Name

The parishes of Øyslebø and Laudal were merged in 1838 and the new, resulting municipality was given the compound name Øyslebø og Laudal, literally meaning "Øyslebø and Laudal".

The parish of Øyslebø is named after the old Øyslebø farm (Old Norse : Øyðslubœr) since the first Øyslebø Church was built there. The first element comes from the old name for the local river Øyðsla. The old river name was likely derived from the verb eyða which means "to destroy". The last element is bœr which means "farm" or "farmstead". Historically, the name was spelled Øslebø or Øislebø. [4]

The parish of Laudal is named after the old Laudal farm (Old Norse : Laugardalr) since the first Laudal Church was built there. The first element of the name of the farm comes from the old name for the river, Laug, (now the Lågåna river). The old river name is identical to the word laug which means "bath". The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Therefore, the name means the bath river valley. [1] [5]

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