Lista

For other uses, see Lista (disambiguation).
Lista herred
previously Vanse herred
Former Municipality

Lista herred
Lista herred

Location of the municipality

Coordinates: 58°05′43″N 06°47′37″E / 58.09528°N 6.79361°E / 58.09528; 6.79361Coordinates: 58°05′43″N 06°47′37″E / 58.09528°N 6.79361°E / 58.09528; 6.79361
Country Norway
Region Southern Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Lister
Municipality ID NO-1041
Adm. Center Vanse
Area[1]
 • Total 193 km2 (75 sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged into Farsund in 1965

Lista is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 193-square-kilometre (75 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Vanse where Vanse Church is located. Lista municipality was historically known as the municipality of Vanse until 1911. The former municipality's land is now located in the present-day municipality of Farsund.

Farsund Airport, Lista is located here, but it has not had any regularly scheduled commercial flights since 1999; however, there are discussions to use it as a base for offshore operations. Lista is located on a large peninsula along the Listafjorden and is home to the villages of Vestbygd and Vanse and the town of Farsund.

Name

The municipality was named "Vanse" from its creation in 1838 until 1911 when the name was changed to Lista. The original name of the municipality (and the historic parish) was originally named after the old Vanse farm, where the first Vanse Church was built. This name was changed in 1911 to bring back the historic name of Lista for this region of Vest-Agder county. Lista is the name of the peninsula (Old Norse: Listi) where the municipality is located.[2]

The name Lista is derived from the Norwegian word lista which means "edge" or "rim". From 1662 until 1919, Vest-Agder county was named "Lister og Mandals amt", signifying the significance of the area. (The name Lista was misunderstood by Danish clerks as a plural form and therefore written with the plural ending -er.)[1]

History

The municipality of Vanse was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 4,213.[3] On 1 January 1903, an area with 99 inhabitants was transferred from Vanse to the neighboring town of Farsund. Again in 1948, another area with 64 inhabitants was transferred from Lista to the town of Farsund. During the 1960s, there were many major municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the municipalities of Lista, Herad, and Spind were merged with the town of Farsund to create a new, larger municipality of Farsund. Prior to the merger, Lista had a population of 4,544.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Store norske leksikon. "Lista – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  2. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 194.
  3. ↑ Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vest-Agder 1801–1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø.
  4. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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