Kvas

Kvås
Village
View of the village church
Kvås Show map of Vest-Agder Kvås Show map of Norway Location of the village
Coordinates: 58°15′42″N 07°11′57″E / 58.26167°N 7.19917°E / 58.26167; 7.19917Coordinates: 58°15′42″N 07°11′57″E / 58.26167°N 7.19917°E / 58.26167; 7.19917
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Vest-Agder
District	Lister
Municipality	Lyngdal
Elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	4588 Kvås

Kvås is a village in Lyngdal municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Lyngdalen valley, along the river Lygna, about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northeast of the municipal centre of Alleen and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the village of Konsmo in Audnedal. The Kvås Church lies at the center of the village. Kvås was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Kvås from 1909 until its dissolution in 1963.

The village (originally the parish) is named after the old Kvås farm (Old Norse: Kváss), since that is where the Kvås Church is located. The meaning of the name probably refers to a "valley" or "hollow".