Greipstad

Greipstad Municipality
Greipstad herred
View of the local church in Nodeland
View of the local church in Nodeland
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Greipstad within Vest-Agder
Greipstad within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°09′14″N 07°49′29″E / 58.15389°N 7.82472°E / 58.15389; 7.82472
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1 Jan 1913
 • Preceded bySøgne Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded bySongdalen Municipality
Administrative centreNodeland
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total2,061
 • Density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
DemonymGreipsdøling[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1017[2]

Greipstad is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 104-square-kilometre (40 sq mi) municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 1964 when it became part of Songdalen municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Nodeland where the Greipstad Church is located. The municipality is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Kristiansand in 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. "Greipstad – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 January 2017.