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Tveit (municipality)
Former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tveit is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 107-square-kilometre (41 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality was located in the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Kristiansand along the river Topdalselva. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Tveit where Tveit Church is located.[3]
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Tveit Municipality
Tveit herred | |
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![]() Aerial view of Tveit (northeast of the fjord) | |
![]() Vest-Agder within Norway | |
![]() Tveit within Vest-Agder | |
Coordinates: 58.2279°N 08.1204°E / 58.2279; 08.1204 | |
Country | Norway |
County | Vest-Agder |
District | Sørlandet |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
• Succeeded by | Kristiansand Municipality |
Administrative centre | Tveit |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) |
Population (1965) | |
• Total | 2,802 |
• Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
Demonym | Tveitsokning[1] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1013[2] |
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