Søgne
Sign in to saveSøgne is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 2020 when it was merged with the municipalities of Songdalen and Kristiansand into the "new" Kristiansand municipality in what is now Agder county. It was located in the traditional district of Sørlandet, just outside of the city of Kristiansand. The administrative centre of the municipality was the hamlet of Tangvall. Hamlets and areas in Søgne include Ausviga, Eig, Høllen, Langenes, Lohne, Lunde, Ny-Hellesund, Trysnes, Vedderheia, Ålo, and Åros.
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Søgne
- Kommune.former
- yes
- Kommune.former_name
- Sygne herred
- Kommune.image_skyline
- Trysnes, Søgne.jpg
- Kommune.image_caption
- View of Trysnes in Søgne
- Kommune.idnumber
- 1018
- Kommune.county
- Vest-Agder
- Kommune.district
- Sørlandet
- Kommune.capital
- Tangvall
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Kommune.preceded
- none
- Kommune.disestablished
- 1 Jan 2020
- Kommune.succeeded
- Kristiansand Municipality
- Kommune.demonym
- Søgnesokning
- Kommune.language
- Bokmål
- Kommune.coatofarms
- Søgne komm.svg
- Kommune.webpage
- www.sogne.kommune.no
- Kommune.mayor
- Astrid Hilde
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- søgnesokning
- Population
- 11260
- Area
- 0.07078330907467385
- Official website
- www.sogne.kommune.no
- Image
- Søgne gml prestegård2.JPG
- Households
- 77
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- postal code
- 4640–4683
- Commons category
- Søgne
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Søgne
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2019-12-31
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- Notable people
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Søgne is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 2020 when it was merged with the municipalities of Songdalen and Kristiansand into the "new" Kristiansand municipality in what is now Agder county. It was located in the traditional district of Sørlandet, just outside of the city of Kristiansand. The administrative centre of the municipality was the hamlet of Tangvall. Hamlets and areas in Søgne include Ausviga, Eig, Høllen, Langenes, Lohne, Lunde, Ny-Hellesund, Trysnes, Vedderheia, Ålo, and Åros.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 354th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Søgne is the 103rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,321. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 16.2% over the last decade.
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