Vegusdal is a former municipality in Aust-Agder

Aust-Agder

is a county in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland, and Vest-Agder. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which is 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area is . The administrative center of the county is in Arendal....

 county

Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located within the present-day municipality of Birkenes

Birkenes

Birkenes is a municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The village of Birkeland is the administrative center and about half of the municipality's residents live there...

 in the Sørlandet region

Districts of Norway

The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords,...

. Norwegian national road 405

Norwegian national road 405

Norwegian national road 405 is a national road which runs between Mosby in Kristiansand and Vegusdal in Birkenes. The stretch is 51.3 km.- External links : at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration...

 (Rv405) runs from Vegusdal to Mosby

Mosby, Norway

Mosby is a village in Kristiansand municipality, Norway.Its population in 1999 was 1,950 , but since 2001 it is considered a part of the urban area Vennesla.....

.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

) of Vegusdal is named after the old Vegusdal farm (Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

: Veikolfsdalr). It is derived from the old male name, Veikolfr meaning "weak Ullfr" and the second part is the word dalr which means "valley

Valley

In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...

" or "dale".

History

The municipality was established in 1877 when the municipality of Evje og Vegusdal

Evje og Vegusdal

Evje og Vegusdal is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It was located in the Setesdal region in Southern Norway.-Name:The municipality of Evje og Vegusdal is named after the farms Evje and Vegusdal. The old Evje farm is where the first church was built...

 was divided into Vegusdal (population: 935) and Evje

Evje

Evje is a village and former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The village of Evje is the administrative center of the current municipality of Evje og Hornnes in the Setesdal valley region...

 (population: 870). In 1900, the municipality had 985 inhabitants distributed among 141 farms.

On 1 January 1967, Vegusdal was incorporated into the municipality of Birkenes

Birkenes

Birkenes is a municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The village of Birkeland is the administrative center and about half of the municipality's residents live there...

. Before the merger Vegusdal had 582 inhabitants.