Bjelland og Grindum
Bjelland og Grindum or Bjelland og Grindheim is a former municipality in 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 was located in the Mandalen valley in the northern parts of the present-day municipalities of Audnedal and Marnardal.[1]
Bjelland og Grindum herred | |
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| Coordinates: 58°26′24″N 07°25′02″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Southern Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Municipality ID | NO-1024 |
| Adm. Center | Bjelland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 294 km2 (114 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 |
| Split into | Bjelland and Grindheim in 1902 |
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). Bjelland og Grindum had a population of 1,662 in 1835, just before the split.[2]
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.[3]
References
- Store norske leksikon. "Bjelland og Grindheim" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vest-Agder 1801-1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø.
- Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.