Holum

Holum Municipality
Holum herred
Holme herred  (historic name)
View of local Holum Church
View of local Holum Church
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Holum within Vest-Agder
Holum within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°05′52″N 07°30′57″E / 58.09778°N 7.51583°E / 58.09778; 7.51583
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byMandal Municipality
Administrative centreKrossen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total116 km2 (45 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,136
 • Density9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
DemonymHomesokning[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1020[2]

Holum is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 116-square-kilometre (45 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre was the village of Krossen where Holum Church is located. The municipality was located in the present-day municipality of Lindesnes in what is now Agder county.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Holum" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 December 2016.