page_title: Liknes
hierarchical_section_title: Liknes
caption_attribution_description: English: Liknes, the administrative centre of Kvinesdal municipality, Norway.
context_page_description: Liknes is the administrative centre of Kvinesdal municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Kvina, about 5.5 kilometres north of the mouth where it empties into the Fedafjorden. The village of Storekvina lies about 7 kilometres to the north of Liknes. The 1.97-square-kilometre village has a population of 2,462 which gives the village a population density of 1,250 inhabitants per square kilometre.
  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.
context_section_description: Liknes is the administrative centre of Kvinesdal municipality in Vest-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).
  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.
caption: View of the village
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