Liknes is the administrative centre of Kvinesdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Kvina, about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) north of the mouth where it empties into the Fedafjorden. The village of Storekvina lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the north of Liknes. The 1.97-square-kilometre (490-acre) village has a population (2015) of 2,462 which gives the village a population density of 1,250 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,200/sq mi).[1]
The village is the largest urban area in the municipality. There are stores, a school, and Kvinesdal Church. Just east of the village is the Saron Valley where the missionary center, Troens Bevis Verdens Evangelisering is located. From 1900 until 1917, the municipality of Kvinesdal was named Liknes, after the village.[3]
^ abcStatistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2015). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
^"Liknes, Kvinesdal (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^Store norske leksikon. "Liknes - tettsted" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 September 2016.
Kvinesdal was named Liknes, after the village. View of Liknes and the river Kvina View of Liknes in 1953 Kvinesdal Church in Liknes Statistisk sentralbyrå...
July 22, 2016, retrieved February 25, 2017 Stein, Susan M.; Carr, Mary A.; Liknes, Greg C.; Comas, Sara J. (August 2014). Islands on the Edge: Housing Development...
the Kvinesdalen valley, and emptying into the Fedafjorden, just south of Liknes in Kvinesdal municipality. The river has a 1,452.43-square-kilometre (560...
(population: 1,090) and the municipality of Liknes in the northern part (population: 2,937). The name of Liknes municipality was changed (back) to Kvinesdal...
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per unit of mass). This latter measurement has been criticized by Eric Liknes, Sarah Scott, and David Swanson, who say that mass-specific metabolic rates...
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of the river Kvina, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the village of Liknes. The village had a population of 323 in 2015. The Sørlandet Line runs through...
2017). "Garland guilty: Three counts of first-degree murder in killing of Liknes couple, grandson Nathan". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 14 April 2024. "Israel...
metres (2,070 ft) above sea level, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Liknes and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Tonstad in Sirdal municipality....
2017). "Garland guilty: Three counts of first-degree murder in killing of Liknes couple, grandson Nathan". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2017-02-17. "French...
the village of Haughom in Sirdal and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Liknes. Fjotland was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Fjotland...
Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Liknes. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder...
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