Fjotland Explained

Official Name:Fjotland
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Agder#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Southern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Agder
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Lister
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Kvinesdal
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:4480 Kvinesdal
Elevation M:333
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:58.5264°N 6.9919°W

Fjotland is a village in Kvinesdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the northern part of the Kvinesdalen valley on the northeast side of the lake Fjotlandsvatnet. Fjotland is about southeast of the village of Haughom in Sirdal and about north of Liknes. Fjotland was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Fjotland which existed prior to 1963. Fjotland Church is located in the village.

Name

The name of the municipality (originally the parish) comes from the old Fjotland farm (Old Norse: Fjósaland). The first element in the name comes from the word fjøs which means "barn" and the last element in the name comes from the word land which means "land".[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fjotland, Kvinesdal (Vest-Agder). yr.no. 2016-09-14.
  2. Book: Rygh, Oluf. Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt. 9. Oluf Rygh. W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. 1912. Kristiania, Norge. 276. Norwegian.