- Lindesnes
Infobox_Kommune
name = Lindesnes
county = Vest-Agder
idnumber = 1029
landscape = Sørlandet
capital =Sør-Audnedal
language =Bokmål
munwebpage = www.lindesnes.kommune.no
governor = Ivar Lindal (KrF)
governor_as_of = 2003
arearank = 269
area = 317
arealand = 297
areapercent = 0.10
population_as_of = 2004
populationrank = 216
population = 4,486
populationpercent = 0.10
populationdensity = 15
populationincrease = 3.7
lat_deg = 58 | lat_min = 6 | lat_sec = 15 | lon_deg = 7 | lon_min = 17 | lon_sec = 20
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6441609 | utm_easting = 0399165 | geo_cat = adm2ndLindesnes 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 ofSpangereid ,Sør-Audnedal , andVigmostad .It is a coastal municipality, with a long stretch of coastline to the south. It also borders
Audnedal municipality to the north,Lyngdal to the west, andMandal andMarnardal to the east. Thelighthouse of Lindesnes stands on the southernmost point of the mainland ofNorway . See also|KnivskjelloddenGeneral information
Name
The oldest
Old Norse form of the name was "Líðandi". That name is derived from the verb "líða" which means "go to an end" and the meaning is probably just "the end". A later form was "Líðandisnes" where the suffix "-nes" which means "headland " was added. (The English form of "-nes" isNaze .)Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 25 April 1986. The arms show the local
lighthouse , the oldest lighthouse in Norway. It was built in 1655 on the headland of Lindesnes. [cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/l/lindesne.htm|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|accessdaymonth=27 September|accessyear=2008]References
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