Sirdal
| Sirdal kommune | |||
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 Sirdal within Vest-Agder |
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| Coordinates: 58°51′43″N 06°48′48″E / 58.86194°N 6.81333°ECoordinates: 58°51′43″N 06°48′48″E / 58.86194°N 6.81333°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vest-Agder | ||
| District | Lister | ||
| Administrative centre | Tonstad | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2015) | Thor Jørgen Tjørhom (Sp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,554.83 km2 (600.32 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,375.18 km2 (530.96 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 179.65 km2 (69.36 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 47 in Norway | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Total | 1,832 | ||
| • Rank | 343 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 1.3/km2 (3/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 5.3 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Sirdøl | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1046 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www |
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Sirdal is a municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the northwestern part of the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tonstad. Other villages in Sirdal include Bjørnestad, Haughom, Kvæven, Lunde, and Tjørhom.
The old parish of Sirdal was first established as a municipality in 1849 when it was separated from the large municipality of Bakke. Initially, Sirdal had 1,804 residents. On 1 January 1903, a small area of Sirdal (population: 63) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Fjotland. On 1 January 1905, the municipality of Sirdal was dissolved and its territories were divided into two new municipalities: Tonstad (population: 828) and Øvre Sirdal (population: 753). These large, sparsely populated municipalities merged along with the Øksendal area of Bakke municipality to recreate the municipality of Sirdal on 1 January 1960. This time, Sirdal started out with a population of 1,426. On 1 January 1987, the Virak and Espetveit areas of northern Flekkefjord (population: 41) were transferred to Sirdal municipality.
The municipality is named after the Sirdalen valley which runs through it. The Old Norse form of the name was Sírudalr. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Síra (now the Sira river). The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The meaning of the river name is unknown (maybe "strong stream").
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