Nord-Audnedal is former municipality

Former municipalities of Norway

This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist.When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. In 1958 the number had grown to a total of 744 rural municipalities, 64 city municipalities as well as a...

 in Vest-Agder

Vest-Agder

In the 16th century, Dutch merchant vessels began to visit ports in southern Norway to purchase salmon and other goods. Soon thereafter the export of timber began, as oak from southern Norway was exceptionally well suited for shipbuilding...

 county

Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...

 in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located along the river Audna in the Audnedalen

Audnedalen

Audnedalen is a valley in Vest-Agder, Norway.The river Audna runs through the valley, ending in Snigsfjorden. Politically it is divided into the municipalities Lindesnes in the south and Audnedal in the north—formerly Nord-Audnedal and Sør-Audnedal, with slightly different borders....

 valley in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Audnedal

Audnedal

Audnedal is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. The new municipality of Audnedal was created on 1 January 1964 after the merger of Grindheim and Konsmo....

 and the northern part of the present-day municipality of Lindesnes

Lindesnes

Lindesnes is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. Lindesnes was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the older municipalities of Spangereid, Sør-Audnedal, and Vigmostad....

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History

The municipality of Nord-Undal was established in 1845 when the old municipality of Undal

Undal

Undal is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in parts of the present-day municipalities of Audnedal and Lindesnes.-Name:...

 was divided into Sør-Undal

Sør-Audnedal

Sør-Audnedal is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the central part of the present-day municipality of Lindesnes.-Name:...

 (population: 3,893) and Nord-Undal (population: 802). The name Undal was changed to Audnedal around 1900. On 1 January 1911, Nord-Audnedal ceased to exist when it was divided into two separate municipalities: Konsmo

Konsmo

Konsmo is a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located south of Ytre Øydnavatnet in the southern half of the present-day municipality of Audnedal along the Audna river in the Audnedalen valley.-Name:...

 (population: 782) and Vigmostad

Vigmostad

Vigmostad is a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located along the Audna river in the Audnedalen valley in the present-day municipality of Lindesnes.-Name:...

(population: 923).