Editing Lindesnes (section)

==General information==
[[File:Lindesnes left Millenium-FjellIhallen in the Rocks 2004 and Lighthouse museum shop right Norway Foto 2010 Wolfgang Pehlemann IMG 1171.jpg|thumb|left|Lindesnes Fjellhallen (Millenium-Fjellhallen built in the rocks 2000–2004)]]
[[File:Lighthouse Lindesnes.jpg|thumb|left|Lindesnes fyr. The [[lighthouse]] is close to the southernmost point of mainland Norway.]]
[[File:Lindesnes sett fra fly.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of the southern coastline of Lindesnes]]
The municipality of Lindesnes was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the older municipalities of [[Spangereid]] (population: 899), [[Sør-Audnedal]] (population: 2,323), and [[Vigmostad (municipality)|Vigmostad]] (population: 589).<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>

On 1 January 2020, the neighboring municipalities of [[Mandal (municipality)|Mandal]] and [[Marnardal]] were merged into Lindesnes, creating a much larger municipality of Lindesnes. At the same time, the [[administrative centre]] of the new, larger municipality was moved to the town of [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nye Lindesnes |url=https://www.lindesnes.kommune.no/lokaldemokratipolitikk-rad-og-utvalg/kommunereformen/1548-nye-lindesnes |access-date=2017-11-05 |publisher=Lindesnes kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The oldest [[Old Norse]] form of the name was {{lang|non|Líðandi}}. That name is derived from the verb {{wikt-lang|non|líða}} which means "lead to an end" or "go to the end" and the meaning of this name is probably just "the end", referring to its location at the southern tip of Norway. A later form was {{lang|non|Líðandisnes}} where the word {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "[[headland]]" was added (a word that is related to the English forms ''ness'' and ''naze''). The traditional [[English language]] version of the name is just the [[Naze]], derived from ''ness'' meaning headland.<ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Lindesnes |url=https://snl.no/Lindesnes |access-date=2016-12-17 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The original [[coat of arms]] was granted on 25 April 1986 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was enlarged and a new coat of arms was adopted. The official [[blazon]] was "[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]] a lighthouse issuant [[argent]]" ({{langx|no|I blått et oppvoksende sølv fyrtårn}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is the top of a [[lighthouse]]. The lighthouse has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The lighthouse represents the local [[Lindesnes Lighthouse]], the oldest lighthouse in Norway. It was built in 1655 on the Lindesnes peninsula. The arms were designed by Truls Nygaard who based it after a design by Rolf Dybvig. The municipal flag had the same design as the coat of arms.<ref name="NK">{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Lindesnes |access-date=2023-01-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lindesnes, Vest-Agder (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-10-29.html |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-04-25 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1986-04-25-1033?q=flagg |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

The new [[coat of arms]] was granted on 1 January 2020 and it was a slightly more modern take on the old arms. The [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a lighthouse issuant and a crest a [[mural crown]] [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|På blågrønn bakgrunn, et hvitt fyrtårn med murkrone}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a lighthouse with a crown above the shield. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The new arms have a slightly different design and the addition of a [[Crown (heraldry)|mural crown]] above the [[escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] to represent the fact that the municipality now includes the town of [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]]. The color was also changed to a more teal blue.<ref name="NK" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-11-21 |title=Har vedtatt nytt kommunevåpen |url=https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/har-vedtatt-nytt-kommunevapen-1.14790898 |access-date=2023-01-17 |work=NRK Sørlandet |language=no}}</ref>
<gallery>
Lindesnes komm.svg|Former arms in use from 24 April 1986 until 31 December 2019
Lindesnes komm (2020).svg|Current arms in use since 1 January 2020
</gallery>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has eight parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Lindesnes. It is part of the [[Lister og Mandal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Lindesnes'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Bjelland||[[Bjelland Church]]||[[Bjelland]]||1793
|-
|rowspan="1"|Holum||[[Holum Church]]||[[Krossen]]||1825
|-
|rowspan="1"|Laudal||[[Laudal Church]]||[[Laudal]]||1826
|-
|rowspan="2"|Mandal||[[Harkmark Church]]||[[Harkmark]]||1613
|-
|[[Mandal Church]]||[[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]]||1821
|-
|rowspan="1"|Spangereid||[[Spangereid Church]]||[[Høllen, Lindesnes|Høllen]]||c. 1140
|-
|rowspan="1"|Valle||[[Valle Church (Vest-Agder)|Valle Church]]||[[Vigeland, Norway|Vigeland]]||1793
|-
|rowspan="1"|Vigmostad||[[Vigmostad Church]]||[[Vigmostad]]||1848
|-
|rowspan="1"|Øyslebø||[[Øyslebø Church]]||[[Øyslebø]]||1797
|}