Oddernes is a 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

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 in Norway

Norway

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. It is located in the present-day municipality of Kristiansand

Kristiansand

-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

. The former municipality of Oddernes encircled the city of Kristiansand

Kristiansand

-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

, and it encompassed villages such as Flekkerøy

Flekkerøy

Flekkerøy is an island situated outside the town of Kristiansand, part of Kristiansand municipality. Since 1989 it is connected to the mainland through a 2320 meter long tunnel. It has 2,632 inhabitants .-History:...

, Vågsbygd, Slettheia, Lund, Strai

Strai

Strai is a village in the municipality of Kristiansand, Norway. Its population is 1,266....

, Mosby

Mosby

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, Justvik

Justvik

Justvik is a village in the municipality of Kristiansand, Norway. Its population is 1,630 ....

, and Ålefjær.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish

Parish

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) is named after the old Oddernæs farm (Old Norse

Old Norse

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: Otruness). The first part of the name comes from its location along the Otra

Otra

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 river, and nes means peninsula

Headland

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, so the peninsula along the Otra river.

History

The parish of Oddernæs was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 2,373. On 31 December 1893, the area of Randesund

Randesund

Randesund is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. Randesund is currently a borough of Kristiansand, located between Kvåsefjorden in Høvåg and the Topdalsfjord in Oddernes...

 was separated from Oddernes to contstitute a municipality of its own. The split left Oddernes with 3,076 inhabitants.

On 1 July 1921, the area of Lund (population: 2,164) was moved from Oddernes to Kristiansand, constituting a new borough

Borough

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 there. On 1 January 1965, the rest of Oddernes was incorporated into Kristiansand, along with the neighboring municipalities of Randesund and Tveit

Tveit

Tveit is a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Kristiansand. Tveit is home to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. Tveit is located on the east side of the Tovdalselva river...

. Prior to the merger, Oddernes had a population of 18,668.