Tveit Municipality
Tveit herred | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Kjevik.jpg) Aerial view of Tveit (northeast of the fjord) | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Norway_Counties_Vest-Agder_Position.svg) Vest-Agder within Norway | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:NO_1013_Tveit.svg) Tveit within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°13′40″N 8°07′13″E / 58.2279°N 08.1204°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Kristiansand Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Tveit |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| Population (1965) | |
| • Total | 2,802 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Tveitsokning[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1013[2] |
Tveit is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 107-square-kilometre (41 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality was located in the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Kristiansand along the river Topdalselva. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Tveit where Tveit Church is located.[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. "Tveit – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 January 2017.