Søgne
Søgne Municipality
Søgne kommune | |
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| Sygne herred (historic name) | |
View of Trysnes in Søgne | |
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Vest-Agder within Norway | |
Søgne within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°05′39″N 07°46′21″E / 58.09417°N 7.77250°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Kristiansand Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Tangvall |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015-2019) | Astrid Hilde (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 151.33 km2 (58.43 sq mi) |
| • Land | 144.09 km2 (55.63 sq mi) |
| • Water | 7.24 km2 (2.80 sq mi) 4.8% |
| • Rank | #354 in Norway |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 11,321 |
| • Rank | #103 in Norway |
| • Density | 78.6/km2 (204/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +16.2% |
| Demonym | Søgnesokning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1018 |
| Website | Official website |
Søgne is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 2020 when it was merged with the municipalities of Songdalen and Kristiansand into the "new" Kristiansand municipality in what is now Agder county. It was located in the traditional district of Sørlandet, just outside of the city of Kristiansand. The administrative centre of the municipality was the hamlet of Tangvall. Hamlets and areas in Søgne include Ausviga, Eig, Høllen, Langenes, Lohne, Lunde, Ny-Hellesund, Trysnes, Vedderheia, Ålo, and Åros.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 151-square-kilometre (58 sq mi) municipality was the 354th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Søgne is the 103rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,321. The municipality's population density is 78.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (204/sq mi) and its population has increased by 16.2% over the last decade.