Nes Municipality
Nes herred | |
|---|---|
 Vest-Agder within Norway | |
 Nes within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°17′49″N 06°39′38″E / 58.29694°N 6.66056°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Lister |
| Established | 8 Oct 1893 |
| • Preceded by | Nes og Hitterø Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Flekkefjord Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Nes |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 150 km2 (60 sq mi) |
| Population (1965) | |
| • Total | 2,757 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (48/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Nessokning[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1043[2] |
Nes is a former municipality located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 150-square-kilometre (58 sq mi) municipality existed from 1893 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality is located in the southwestern part of the present-day municipality of Flekkefjord. Its administrative centre was the village of Nes, located just outside the town of Flekkefjord.[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. "Nes – Vest-Agder" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 September 2016.