Songdalen Municipality
Songdalen is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until 2020 when it was merged with Søgne and Kristiansand municipalities to form a new, much larger 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 village of Nodeland. Other villages in the municipality included Brennåsen, Finsland, Kilen, Nodelandsheia, and Volleberg. The Sørlandsbanen railway line ran through the municipality,
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Songdalen
- Kommune.former
- yes
- Kommune.image_skyline
- Nodelandsheia.png
- Kommune.image_caption
- View of the Nodelandsheia area in Songdalen
- Kommune.idnumber
- 1017
- Kommune.county
- Vest-Agder
- Kommune.district
- Sørlandet
- Kommune.capital
- Nodeland
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 1964
- Kommune.preceded
- Greipstad and Finsland municipalities
- Kommune.disestablished
- 1 Jan 2020
- Kommune.succeeded
- Kristiansand Municipality
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Songdalen is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until 2020 when it was merged with Søgne and Kristiansand municipalities to form a new, much larger 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 village of Nodeland. Other villages in the municipality included Brennåsen, Finsland, Kilen, Nodelandsheia, and Volleberg. The Sørlandsbanen railway line ran through the municipality, stopping at Nodeland Station. The European route E39 highway also ran through the southern part of the municipality.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the municipality is the 323rd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Songdalen is the 161st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,568. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 16% over the last decade.
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