Audnedal
Audnedal Municipality
Audnedal kommune | |
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Vest-Agder within Norway | |
Audnedal within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°22′48″N 07°22′12″E / 58.38000°N 7.37000°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Preceded by | Konsmo and Grindheim municipalities |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Lyngdal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Konsmo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015-2019) | Reidun Bakken (KrF) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 251.45 km2 (97.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 236.04 km2 (91.14 sq mi) |
| • Water | 15.41 km2 (5.95 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #302 in Norway |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,765 |
| • Rank | #341 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.5/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +10.7% |
| Demonym | Audnedøl |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1027 |
| Website | Official website |
Audnedal is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Konsmo. Other villages in Audnedal include Byremo and Vivlemo. The municipality existed from 1964 until its dissolution in 2020 when Audnedal was merged into the neighboring municipality of Lyngdal in what is now Agder county.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 251-square-kilometre (97 sq mi) municipality was the 302nd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Audnedal was the 341st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,765.