Øyslebø og Laudal

Øyslebø og Laudal herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Coordinates: 58°12′43″N 07°31′30″E / 58.21194°N 7.525°E / 58.21194; 7.525Coordinates: 58°12′43″N 07°31′30″E / 58.21194°N 7.525°E / 58.21194; 7.525
Country	Norway
County	Vest-Agder
District	Sørlandet
Municipality ID	NO-1021
Adm. Center	Øyslebø
Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Split into	Øyslebø and Laudal in 1899

Øyslebø og Laudal is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Marnardal.

Name

The municipality name is an amalgamation of the two parishes that make up the municipality. The parish of Øyslebø (Old Norse: Øyðslubœr) is named after the old Øyslebø farm, where the church is located. The name is derived from the old river name, Øyðsla.^[1] The parish of Laudal (Old Norse: Laugardalr) is named after the old Laudal farm, where the church is located. The first element of the name comes from the old name for the river, Laug, (now the Lågåna river) and the last element (Old Norse: dalr) means "valley". Therefore, the name means "Laug river valley".^[2]

History

The municipality of Øslebø og Løvdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 1,895.^[3] On 1 January 1899, Øyslebø og Laudal was split to create two new municipalities: Øyslebø (population: 991) and Laudal (population: 836). These two municipalities later merged with the majority of Bjelland and a portion of Finsland to form the new municipality of Marnardal.^[4]

References

1. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 107. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=144351&avid=32618. 
2. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 99. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=144079&avid=32561. 
3. ^ Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vest-Agder 1801-1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø. http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos10.html. 
4. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999) (in Norwegian) (PDF). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf. 

External links

• Vest-Agder travel guide from Wikitravel