Tonstad, Sirdal, Vest-Agder, Norway
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Tonstad is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 361-square-kilometre (139 sq mi) municipality existed from 1905 until 1960. It encompassed the southern part of the present-day municipality of Sirdal. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Tonstad where Tonstad Church is located.
The municipality of Tonstad was established on 1 January 1905 when the old municipality of Sirdal was divided into two municipalities: |
View of Tonstad in 1948
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Tonstad (population: 828) and Øvre Sirdal (population: 753). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1960, Tonstad (population: 651) was merged with Øvre Sirdal and the Øksendal area of Bakke to form a new municipality of Sirdal.
The municipality of Tonstad was named after the old Tonstad farm (Old Norse: Þornýjarstaðir), since the church is located there. The first element of the name comes from the female name Tone (Old Norse: Þorný) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".
The municipality of Tonstad was named after the old Tonstad farm (Old Norse: Þornýjarstaðir), since the church is located there. The first element of the name comes from the female name Tone (Old Norse: Þorný) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".
