Kvås


Kvås is a village in Lyngdal municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Lyngdalen valley, along the river Lygna, about northeast of the municipal centre of Alleen and about west of the village of Konsmo in Audnedal. The Kvås Church lies at the center of the village. Kvås was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Kvås from 1909 until its dissolution in 1963.

Name

The village is named after the old Kvås farm, since that is where the Kvås Church is located. The meaning of the name probably refers to a "valley" or "hollow".