- Søgne
Infobox_Kommune
name = Søgne
idnumber = 1018
county = Vest-Agder
landscape = Sørlandet
capital = Søgne
demonym = Søgnesokning
language =Bokmål
munwebpage = www.sogne.kommune.no
governor = Solveig Kjelland Larsen (AP)
governor_as_of = 2007
arearank = 357
area = 151
arealand = 143
areapercent = 0.05
population_as_of = 2004
populationrank = 109
population = 9,426
populationpercent = 0.21
populationdensity = 66
populationincrease = 18.1
lat_deg = 58 | lat_min = 5 | lat_sec = 39 | lon_deg = 7 | lon_min = 46 | lon_sec = 21
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6439878 | utm_easting = 0427651 | geo_cat = adm2ndSøgne is a municipality in the
Vest-Agder county,Norway . Søgne was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt ).Greipstad was separated from Søgne on 1 July 1913.It is a coastal municipality, with a long stretch of coastline to the south. To the east, it borders the municipality of
Kristiansand , to the north and north-eastMarnardal andSongdalen , and to the westMandal .As opposed to the other municipalities of Vest-Agder, Søgne has not gone through a municipal merger in recent times. On the contrary, Greipstad was separated from Søgne in 1913 (and in 1964 merged
Finsland intoSongdalen . The population of Søgne is approx. 9500 (in 2004).General information
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old "Søgne" farm (
Old Norse "Sygna"), since the first church was built there. The farm is named after the river "Sygna" (nowSøgneelva ) and the name of the river is derived from the verb "súga" which means "suck".Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 24 May 1985. The arms show two typical road signs (varder), made of stones, which in historical times were used to mark the paths and tracks. Two of the largest of these signs are found in the municipality, and were already mentioned in the early 17th century. According to legend, they were already built by King
Olaf II of Norway "(Heilag-Olav)", in the 11th century. [cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/s/sogne.htm|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|accessdaymonth=27 September|accessyear=2008]References
External links
* [http://www.sogneguiden.no/ Søgneguiden - Visitor information]
* [http://www.budstikka.com/ Budstikka - Local newspaper] no icon
* [http://www.sogne.kommune.no/ Søgne municipal website] no icon
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