Vigmostad (municipality)
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Vigmostad Municipality
Vigmostad herred | |
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 View of Vigmostad Church in the early 1900s | |
 Vest-Agder within Norway | |
 Vigmostad within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°12′10″N 07°20′02″E / 58.20278°N 7.33389°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1911 |
| • Preceded by | Nord-Audnedal Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Lindesnes Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Vigmostad |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 89 km2 (34 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 589 |
| • Density | 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1028[1] |
Vigmostad is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 89-square-kilometre (34 sq mi) municipality existed from 1911 until its dissolution in 1964. The old municipality roughly covered part of the present-day municipality of Lindesnes in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Vigmostad where Vigmostad Church is located.[2]
Name
The municipality of Vigmostad was established on 1 January 1911, when the old municipality of Nord-Audnedal was divided into Vigmostad (population: 923) and Konsmo (population: 782). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Vigmostad municipality was dissolved, and its area was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Sør-Audnedal and Spangereid to create the new municipality of Lindesnes. Prior to the merger, Vigmostad had a population of 589.[3]
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Vigmostad farm (Old Norse: Vígmundarstaðir or Vígmarstaðir) since the first Vigmostad Church was built there. The first element is derived from an old male given name, either Vígmundr or Vigmarr. The last element is the plural form of staðr which means "place" or "abode".[4]
