Official Name: | Lunde |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Agder#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Agder |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Kristiansand |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4640 Søgne |
Elevation M: | 9 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 58.0956°N 7.7822°W |
Lunde is a village in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E39 highway and along the river Lundeelva. The village is surrounded by several other villages that together form the greater Søgne urban area. The village of Lohne lies about to the west, Vedderheia lies about to the north, Eig lies about to the southeast, and Tangvall lies about to the east. The village of Ausviga lies about to the south, but it is not part of the greater Søgne urban area.
The village of Lunde was the administrative centre of Søgne municipality until 1974 when it was moved to neighboring Tangvall. Lunde is also the site of the "new" Søgne Church which was built in 1861 to replace the Old Søgne Church located a few kilometers away. There is also an elementary school in Lunde.[2]
As a part of the greater Søgne urban area, separate population statistics are not tracked for Lunde. Altogether, the 5.87km2 urban area has a population (2015) of 9,147 which gives it a population density of .[3]