Finsland (municipality)
Finsland Municipality
Finsland herred | |
|---|---|
Vest-Agder within Norway | |
Finsland within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°17′23″N 07°36′51″E / 58.28972°N 7.61417°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Songdalen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Finsland |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 118 km2 (46 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 831 |
| • Density | 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1023 |
Finsland is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 118-square-kilometre (46 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre was the village of Finsland where Finsland Church is located. The municipality generally encompassed the northern part of the present-day municipality of Kristiansand in what is now Agder county.