Landvik
Landvik Municipality
Landvik kommune | |
|---|---|
| Landvig herred (historic name) Hommedal herred (historic name) | |
View of the local church | |
Aust-Agder within Norway | |
Landvik within Aust-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°20′24″N 08°31′13″E / 58.34000°N 8.52028°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Aust-Agder |
| District | Østre Agder |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1971 |
| • Succeeded by | Grimstad Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Roresanden |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 223.1 km2 (86.1 sq mi) |
| Population (1971) | |
• Total | 2,781 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0924 |
Landvik is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 223.1-square-kilometre (86.1 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1971. The municipality's area is now located in the western and central part of the present-day municipality of Grimstad. The administrative centre was the village of Roresanden, just up the hill from the Landvik Church. Other villages in Landvik include Molland, Reddal, Skiftenes, Tjore, and Østerhus. Today, the name Landvik is still used to designate the westernmost part of the municipality of Grimstad, near the Prestegårdskogen housing development.