Øvre Sirdal

Øvre Sirdal herred
Former Municipality
Øvre Sirdal herred
Øvre Sirdal herred

Location in Vest-Agder county

Coordinates: 58°48′30″N 06°45′51″E / 58.80833°N 6.76417°E / 58.80833; 6.76417Coordinates: 58°48′30″N 06°45′51″E / 58.80833°N 6.76417°E / 58.80833; 6.76417
Country Norway
Region Southern Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Lister
Municipality ID NO-1047
Adm. Center Lunde
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Split from Sirdal in 1905
Merged into Sirdal in 1960

Øvre Sirdal is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1905 until 1960 and it was located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Sirdal. The administrative centre was the village of Lunde where Lunde Church is located.

Name

The name "Øvre Sirdal" means "upper Sirdal" since it was created from the northern part of the old Sirdal municipality. The Old Norse form of the name was Sírudalr. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the river Síra and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The meaning of the rivername is unknown (maybe "strong stream").[1]

History

The municipality of Øvre Sirdal was established on 1 January 1905 when the old Sirdal formannskapsdistrikt was split into two municipalities: Øvre Sirdal (population: 753) and Tonstad. On 1 January 1960, Øvre Sirdal was merged with the neighboring municipality of Tonstad and the Øksendal area of the municipality of Bakke to form a new municipality of Sirdal.[2]

References

  1. Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 350.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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