Oddernes (municipality)
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| Former Municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 58°09′35″N 8°00′48″E / 58.1597°N 08.0134°ECoordinates: 58°09′35″N 8°00′48″E / 58.1597°N 08.0134°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Southern Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Municipality ID | NO-1012 |
| Adm. Center | Lund |
| Area | |
| • Total | 103 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 |
| Merged into | Kristiansand in 1965 |
Oddernes is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 103-square-kilometre (40 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre was the village of Lund on the east side of the river Otra near where Lund Church is located. The former area of the municipality makes up the western part of the municipality of Kristiansand. It encircled the town of Kristiansand, and it included the villages such as Flekkerøy, Vågsbygd, Slettheia, Lund, Strai, Mosby, and Justvik. Today, the town of Kristiansand has a borough named Oddernes, but it has very different boundaries than the old municipality had.
The parish of Oddernæs was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 2,373. On 31 December 1893, the area on the east side of the Topdalsfjorden (population: 1,113) was separated to form the new municipality of Randesund. The split left Oddernes with 3,076 inhabitants. On 1 July 1921, the area of Lund (population: 2,164) which is located on the headland between the mouth of the river Otra and the Topdalsfjorden was transferred from Oddernes municipality to the town of Kristiansand, constituting a new borough in the town.
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