Søgne
Søgne was a municipality in the province of Vest-Agder in Norway . It included several coastal settlements. The main town was the center of the commune, Tangvall. As part of the local government reform in Norway , Søgne and Songdalen were incorporated into Kristiansand on January 1, 2020 .
geography
Søgne was west of the city of Kristiansand on the archipelago of southern Norway. Your name of the municipality was derived from the Sygna River (also Søgneelva ).
11,403 inhabitants lived in an area of 148 km² (as of January 1, 2019). The municipality number was 1018. The last mayor was Astrid Margrethe Hilde ( Ap ).
As the place with the most hours of sunshine in all of Norway, Søgne was a popular tourist destination, especially in summer. There are numerous holiday homes on the approximately 1200 islands and skerries in the municipality.
history
The offshore island of Helgøya was converted into a fortress by the German occupying forces after 1942 . Equipped with heavy artillery , automatic cannons and mortars , the fort secured the entrance to the port of Kristiansand and is often referred to as the "Norwegian Gibraltar ".
coat of arms
Description of the coat of arms: The coat of arms is divided into blue-silver by two silver monkshood cuts.
Sons and daughters of the commune
- Margrethe Renstrøm (* 1985), track and field athlete
Web links
- Overview of the municipal mergers on the government website (Norwegian)
Coordinates: 58 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E