Lindesnes or the Naze, cape, in Vest-Agder co., southernmost point of the Norwegian mainland, projecting into the North Sea at the entrance to the Skagerrak. Norway's first lighthouse (1655) is there.

Lindesnes is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. Lindesnes was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the older municipalities of Spangereid, Sør-Audnedal, and Vigmostad.

It is a coastal municipality, with a long stretch of coastline to the south. It also borders Audnedal municipality to the north, Lyngdal to the west, and Mandal and Marnardal to the east. The lighthouse of Lindesnes stands on the southernmost point of the mainland of Norway.

General information

Name

The oldest Old Norse form of the name was Líðandi. That name is derived from the verb líða which means "go to an end" and the meaning is probably just "the end". A later form was Líðandisnes where the suffix -nes which means "headland" was added. (The English form of -nes is Naze.)

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 25 April 1986. The arms show the local lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse in Norway. It was built in 1655 on the headland of Lindesnes.

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