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 = adm2nd

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.

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, and Mandal and Marnardal to the east. The lighthouse of Lindesnes stands on the southernmost point of the mainland of Norway. See also|Knivskjellodden

General 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" is Naze.)

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]

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