Tveit (municipality)
Tveit is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 107-square-kilometre (41 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality was located in the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Kristiansand along the river Topdalselva. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Tveit where Tveit Church is located.
Tveit Municipality
Tveit herred | |
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Aerial view of Tveit (northeast of the fjord) | |
Vest-Agder within Norway | |
Tveit within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58.2279°N 08.1204°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Kristiansand Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Tveit |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| Population (1965) | |
| • Total | 2,802 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Tveitsokning |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1013 |
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