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Tonstad (municipality)
Tonstad Municipality
Tonstad herred | |
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&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Tonstad,_Sirdal_-_no-nb_digifoto_20160225_00129_NB_MIT_FNR_05897_(cropped).jpg) View of Tonstad in 1948 | |
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Norway_Counties_Vest-Agder_Position.svg) Vest-Agder within Norway | |
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:NO_1046_Tonstad.svg) Tonstad within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°39′51″N 06°42′59″E / 58.66417°N 6.71639°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Lister |
| Established | 1 Jan 1905 |
| • Preceded by | Sirdal Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1960 |
| • Succeeded by | Sirdal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Tonstad |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 361 km2 (139 sq mi) |
| Population (1960) | |
• Total | 651 |
| • Density | 1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1046[1] |
Tonstad is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 361-square-kilometre (139 sq mi) municipality existed from 1905 until 1960. It encompassed the southern part of the present-day municipality of Sirdal. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Tonstad where Tonstad Church is located.[2]
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Tonstad – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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