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Mandal
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Mandal is a town and municipality
in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway.
The town of Mandal was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipalities of Halse og Harkmark and
Holum were merged with Mandal January 1, 1964.
Mandal borders in west and northwest with Lindesnes, in north with Marnardal
and to the east with Søgne.
It is the southernmost town of Norway - and the skerry Pysen (south of the
town) is the southernmost point of land. |
The name
The Norse form of the name was
Marnardalr. The first element is the genitive case of the rivername Mörn
(now Mandalselva), the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'.
The old name of the town (until 1653) was Vesterrisør ('western Risør'). The
name was originally referring to the island Risøya outside the town, and the
first element was added in the 16th century to distinguish it from the town
of Østerrisør. |
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