Finsland (municipality)

Finsland Municipality
Finsland herred
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Finsland within Vest-Agder
Finsland within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°17′23″N 07°36′51″E / 58.28972°N 7.61417°E / 58.28972; 7.61417
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded bySongdalen Municipality
Administrative centreFinsland
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total118 km2 (46 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total831
 • Density7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1023[1]

Finsland is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 118-square-kilometre (46 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre was the village of Finsland where Finsland Church is located. The municipality generally encompassed the northern part of the present-day municipality of Kristiansand in what is now Agder county.

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.