Feda
Feda herred | |
|---|---|
 Feda on Fedafjorden | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Municipality ID | NO-1038 |
| Adm. Center | Feda |
| Created from | Kvinesdal in 1900 |
| Merged with | Kvinesdal in 1963 |
Feda former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Kvinesdal. In 2009, the village of Feda had a population of 390.[1]
Feda is home to the static inverter plant of HVDC NorNed. The station was built close to an existing electrical substation.
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old "Fede" farm. The name of the farm comes from the river Fedaelva which flows into the Fedafjorden near the farm.[2]
History
The municipality of Feda was created on 1 January 1900 when the old municipality of Kvinesdal was split into two separate municipalities: Feda (population: 1,090) and Liknes (population: 2,937).
On 1 January 1963, Feda was reincorporated into Kvinesdal (in 1917 Liknes was renamed Kvinesdal) along with Fjotland. Prior to the merger Feda had 576 inhabitants.[3]
References
- ^ Statistics Norway (1 January 2006). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 279.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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