Bjelland og Grindum
Bjelland og Grindum or Bjelland og Grindheim is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Bjelland where Bjelland Church is located. The 294-square-kilometre (114 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1902. It was located in the Mandalen valley in the northern parts of the present-day municipalities of Lyngdal and Lindesnes in what is now Agder county.[3]
Bjelland og Grindum herred Bjelland og Grindheim | |
|---|---|
Vest-Agder within Norway | |
Bjelland og Grindum within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°26′24″N 07°25′02″E / 58.44000°N 7.41722°ECoordinates: 58°26′24″N 07°25′02″E / 58.44000°N 7.41722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1902 |
| • Succeeded by | Bjelland and Grindheim municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Bjelland |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 294 km2 (114 sq mi) |
| Population (1902) | |
| • Total | 1,816 |
| • Density | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Bjelldøl Grinddøl[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1024 |
Data from Statistics Norway | |
History
The old (large) parish of Bjelland was divided on 1 January 1838 into two municipalities: Aaseral in the north and Bjelland og Grindum in the south (see formannskapsdistrikt law). Bjelland og Grindum had a population of 1,662 in 1835, just before the split.[4]
On 1 January 1902, the municipality of Bjelland og Grindum was dissolved and its land was split into two new municipalities: Bjelland (population: 907) and Grindheim (population: 909). These municipalities later became parts of Audnedal and Marnardal.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Bjelland og Grindheim" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ Registreringssentral for historiske data. (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2006.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.