Øyslebø og Laudal is a former municipalityinVest-Agder county, that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 250-square-kilometre (97 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1899. The administrative centre was the village of Øyslebø. The municipality was located in part of the present-day municipality of LindesnesinAgder county.[2]
Øyslebø og Laudal Municipality
Øyslebø og Laudal herred
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Vest-Agder within Norway
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Øyslebø og Laudal within Vest-Agder
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| Coordinates: 58°12′43″N 07°31′30″E / 58.21194°N 7.52500°E / 58.21194; 7.52500 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1899 |
| • Succeeded by | Øyslebø and Laudal municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Øyslebø |
| Area
(upon dissolution)
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| • Total | 250 km2 (100 sq mi) |
| Population
(1899)
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| • Total | 1,827 |
| • Density | 7.3/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1021[1] |
The parishofØslebø og Løvdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). According to the 1835 census, the parish had a population of 1,895.[3] The spelling of the name was later changed to Øyslebø. On 1 January 1899, Øyslebø og Laudal was split to create two new municipalities: Øyslebø (population: 991) and Laudal (population: 836). These two municipalities later merged with the majority of Bjelland and a portion of Finsland to form the new municipality of Marnardal.[4]
The parishes of Øyslebø and Laudal were merged in 1838 and the new, resulting municipality was given the compound name Øyslebø og Laudal, literally meaning "Øyslebø and Laudal".
The parish of Øyslebø is named after the old Øyslebø farm (Old Norse: Øyðslubœr) since the first Øyslebø Church was built there. The first element comes from the old name for the local river Øyðsla. The old river name was likely derived from the verb eyða which means "to destroy". The last element is bœr which means "farm" or "farmstead". Historically, the name was spelled ØslebøorØislebø.[5]
The parish of Laudal is named after the old Laudal farm (Old Norse: Laugardalr) since the first Laudal Church was built there. The first element of the name of the farm comes from the old name for the river, Laug, (now the Lågåna river). The old river name is identical to the word laug which means "bath". The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Therefore, the name means the bath river valley.[2][6]
Vest-Agder travel guide from Wikivoyage