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Hægebostad

Hægebostad kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms of Hægebostad kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Hægebostad kommune
Vest-Agder within
Norway
Hægebostad within Vest-Agder
Hægebostad within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°27′24″N 07°13′11″E / 58.45667°N 7.21972°E / 58.45667; 7.21972Coordinates: 58°27′24″N 07°13′11″E / 58.45667°N 7.21972°E / 58.45667; 7.21972
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Lister
Administrative centre Tingvatn
Government
 • Mayor (2015) Margrethe Handeland (Sp)
Area
 • Total 461.33 km2 (178.12 sq mi)
 • Land 424.76 km2 (164.00 sq mi)
 • Water 37.07 km2 (14.31 sq mi)
Area rank 219 in Norway
Population (2016)
 • Total 1,702
 • Rank 349 in Norway
 • Density 4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 7.5 %
Demonym(s) Hægdøl
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1034
Official language form Nynorsk
Website www.haegebostad.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Hægebostad is a municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tingvatn. Other villages in Hægebostad include Eiken, Haddeland, and Snartemo. The municipality encompasses the northern end of the Lyngdalen valley which follows the river Lygna.

The Sørlandet Line runs through the municipality from east to west, stopping at Snartemo Station in Snartemo. To get into and out of the valley in which Hægebostad is located, the trains must go through two of the longest railway tunnels in Norway: Hægebostad Tunnel and Kvineshei Tunnel.

The parish of Hægebostad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1915, the municipality was divided into two municipalities: Eiken (population: 932) in the north and Hægebostad (population: 867) in the south. On 1 January 1963, the two municipalities were merged back together as the municipality of Hægebostad once again. Prior to the merger, Hægebostad had 813 residents and Eiken had 784 residents.

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Hægebostad farm (Old Norse: Helgabólstaðir), since the first Hægebostad Church was built there. This farm is now on the north side of the village of Snartemo. The first element of the name is helg- which means "holy" and the last element is the plural form of bólstaðr which means "homestead" or "farm". Before 1889, the name was written Hegebostad.


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