Vigmostad (municipality)

Vigmostad Municipality
Vigmostad herred
View of Vigmostad Church in the early 1900s
View of Vigmostad Church in the early 1900s
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vigmostad within Vest-Agder
Vigmostad within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°12′10″N 07°20′02″E / 58.20278°N 7.33389°E / 58.20278; 7.33389
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1 Jan 1911
 • Preceded byNord-Audnedal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byLindesnes Municipality
Administrative centreVigmostad
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
89 km2 (34 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total
589
 • Density6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1028[1]

Vigmostad is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 89-square-kilometre (34 sq mi) municipality existed from 1911 until its dissolution in 1964. The old municipality roughly covered part of the present-day municipality of Lindesnes in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Vigmostad where Vigmostad Church is located.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Vigmostad" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 December 2016.