Kvinesdal

5883 ( March 31, 2013 )

Kvinesdal is a commune in the province of Vest- Agder in Norway. It comprises a total of 963 km ² (lakes and fjords included), making it the tenth largest community of 430 hundred Kvinesdal currently counts 5,834 inhabitants, which are mentioned on Norwegian kvindøl.

Ethmylogie

The name comes from the Old Norse Kvinesdal Hvínisdalr, formed from the name of the fjord Hvínir - nowadays the Fedafjord - to hvína: shriek or squeak, and dalr, which means valley. Kvina is now the name of the river that flows through Kvinesdal and empties into the Fedafjord.

Geography

The land area of ​​the municipality is gelentlich referred to as "Little Norway " because it reflects the shape of the entire mainland of Norway. In the north there are several villages and hamlets, such as the former mining town boy, now a very popular ski resort. The topography of the municipality is characterized by two long valleys that run in parallel. Both valleys are traversed by rivers, Kvina in the northwest and Litleåna in the Northeast. The coat of arms of the municipality represents the confluence of both rivers

In the south of the country is flat and is therefore dominated by agriculture. However, it is completely surrounded by high mountains, which meet only in Fedafjord the sea. In addition to the municipal administrative center Liknes, which is located approximately in the middle of Kvinesdal, located in the Municipality of two additional villages with their own churches: Feda and Fjotland.

Connections with the USA

Kvinesdal is particularly known for its close ties with the United States: in the century between 1850 and 1950 traveled a considerable part of the inhabitants of the municipality to North America. For this reason, every summer, the so-called Aussiedler Festival ( in Norwegian called Utvandrerfestival ) in the village celebrated. For any other municipality in Norway date back as many American citizens per capita as of Kvinesdal.