Austad (municipality)

Austad Municipality
Austad herred
View of the local church
View of the local church
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Austad within Vest-Agder
Austad within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°05′30″N 07°02′45″E / 58.09167°N 7.04583°E / 58.09167; 7.04583
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictLister
Established1 Jan 1909
 • Preceded byLyngdal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1963
 • Succeeded byLyngdal Municipality
Administrative centreAustad
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
44 km2 (17 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total
608
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-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]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Austad" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 October 2016.