Vegusdal

Vegusdal Municipality
Vegusdal herred
View of the local Vegusdal Church
View of the local Vegusdal Church
Aust-Agder within Norway
Aust-Agder within Norway
Vegusdal within Aust-Agder
Vegusdal within Aust-Agder
Coordinates: 58°34′45″N 08°08′44″E / 58.57917°N 8.14556°E / 58.57917; 8.14556
CountryNorway
CountyAust-Agder
Established1 Jan 1877
 • Preceded byEvje og Vegusdal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1967
 • Succeeded byBirkenes Municipality
Administrative centreEngesland
Area
 (upon dissolution)[1]
 • Total
325 km2 (125 sq mi)
Population
 (1967)
 • Total
582
 • Density1.8/km2 (4.6/sq mi)
DemonymsVeggdøl
Veggedøl[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0934[3]

Vegusdal is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 325-square-kilometre (125 sq mi) municipality existed from 1877 until its dissolution in 1967. It was located in the northwestern part of the present-day municipality of Birkenes in Agder county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Engesland where Vegusdal Church is located. The Norwegian County Road 405 (Fv 405) runs through Vegusdal south to the village of Mosby in Vennesla.[1]

  1. ^ a b Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (21 November 2014). "Vegusdal – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.