Official Name: | Liknes |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Agder#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Agder |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Lister |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Kvinesdal |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.97 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 2,462 |
Population Density Km2: | 1,250 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4480 Kvinesdal |
Elevation M: | 16 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 58.3119°N 6.9617°W |
Liknes is the administrative centre of Kvinesdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Kvina, about north of the mouth where it empties into the Fedafjorden. The village of Storekvina lies about to the north of Liknes. The 1.97km2 village has a population (2015) of 2,462 which gives the village a population density of .[2]
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, Norwegian: Troens Bevis Verdens Evangelisering is located. From 1900 until 1917, the municipality of Kvinesdal was named Liknes, after the village.[3]