Austad Municipality
Austad herred | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Austad_Kirke_Lyngdal.jpg) View of the local church | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Norway_Counties_Vest-Agder_Position.svg) Vest-Agder within Norway | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:NO_1031_Austad.svg) Austad within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°05′30″N 07°02′45″E / 58.09167°N 7.04583°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Lister |
| Established | 1 Jan 1909 |
| • Preceded by | Lyngdal Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1963 |
| • Succeeded by | Lyngdal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Austad |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 44 km2 (17 sq mi) |
| Population (1963) | |
| • Total | 608 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1031[1] |
Austad is a former municipality of the former Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 44-square-kilometre (17 sq mi) municipality existed from 1909 until its dissolution in 1963. The municipality encompassed the area surrounding the Rosfjorden in the southern, coastal part of the present-day municipality of Lyngdal. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Austad where Austad Church is located.[2]
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Austad" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 October 2016.