Holum Municipality
Holum herred | |
|---|---|
| Holme herred (historic name) | |
 View of local Holum Church | |
 Vest-Agder within Norway | |
 Holum within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°05′52″N 07°30′57″E / 58.09778°N 7.51583°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Mandal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Krossen |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 116 km2 (45 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
| • Total | 1,136 |
| • Density | 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Homesokning[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-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]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Holum" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 December 2016.