Konsmo (municipality)
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Konsmo Municipality
Konsmo herred | |
|---|---|
 Vest-Agder within Norway | |
 Konsmo within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°17′07″N 07°21′21″E / 58.28528°N 7.35583°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1911 |
| • Preceded by | Nord-Audnedal Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Audnedal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Konsmo |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 712 |
| • Density | 6.65/km2 (17.2/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Konsmosokning[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1027[2] |
Konsmo is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 107-square-kilometre (41 sq mi) municipality existed from 1911 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Konsmo where Konsmo Church is located. The municipality was located in what is now the municipality of Lyngdal in Agder county.[3]
Name
The municipality of Konsmo was established on 1 January 1911 when the old municipality of Nord-Audnedal was divided into Konsmo (population: 782) and Vigmostad (population: 923). There were many municipal mergers across Norway during the 1960s due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Konsmo municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality of Grindheim and the Ågedal and Midtbø areas from Bjelland municipality to create the new municipality of Audnedal. Before the merger Konsmo had a population of 712.[4]
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Konsmo farm (Old Norse: Konungsmór) since the first Konsmo Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of konungr which means "king". The last element is mór which means "moorland" or "heath". This name in modern Norwegian would be Kongsmoen, meaning "King's moor". Over time, the name was corrupted to Konsmo.[5]
