Feda

For other uses, see Feda (disambiguation).

Feda
Village
View of the village
Feda Show map of Vest-Agder Feda Show map of Norway Location of the village
Coordinates: 58°15′58″N 06°49′08″E / 58.26611°N 6.81889°E / 58.26611; 6.81889Coordinates: 58°15′58″N 06°49′08″E / 58.26611°N 6.81889°E / 58.26611; 6.81889
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Vest-Agder
District	Lister
Municipality	Kvinesdal
Area^[1]
• Total	0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi)
Elevation^[2]	7 m (23 ft)
Population (2015)^[1]
• Total	404
• Density	824/km² (2,130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	4485 Feda

Feda is a village in Kvinesdal municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the north side of the Fedafjorden, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of the village of Liknes and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of the town of Flekkefjord. The 0.49-square-kilometre (120-acre) village has a population (2015) of 404, giving the village a population density of 824 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,130/sq mi).^[1]^[3]

The European route E39 highway passes through the village. Feda is home to the static inverter plant of HVDC NorNed. The station was built close to an existing electrical substation. Feda Church is located in the village, serving the southern part of the Kvinesdal municipality.

From 1900 to 1963 Feda was the administrative centre of Feda municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old "Fede" farm. The name of the farm comes from the river Fedaelva which flows into the Fedafjorden near the farm.^[4]

Media gallery

View of Feda from the bridge across the Fedafjorden
View of Feda
Mouth of the Fedaelva at the Fedafjorden

References

1 2 3 Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2015). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality.".
↑ "Feda, Kvinesdal (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
↑ Store norske leksikon. "Feda – tettsted" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-09-14.
↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 279.

External links

Weather information for Feda (Norwegian)

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