Kvås Explained

Official Name:Kvås
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:Lyngdal
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:4588 Kvås
Elevation M:57
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:58.2617°N 7.1992°W

Kvås is a village in Lyngdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Lyngdalen valley, along the river Lygna, about northeast of the municipal centre of Alleen and about west of the village of Konsmo. The Kvås Church lies at the center of the village. Kvås was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Kvås from 1909 until its dissolution in 1963.

Name

The village (originally the parish) is named after the old Kvås farm (Old Norse: Kváss), since that is where the Kvås Church is located. The meaning of the name probably refers to a "valley" or "hollow".[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kvås, Lyngdal (Vest-Agder). yr.no. 2016-10-08.
  2. Book: Rygh, Oluf. Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt. 9. Oluf Rygh. W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. 1912. Kristiania, Norge. 252. Norwegian.