Bakke, Norway

Bakke Municipality
Bakke herred
View of a bridge in Bakke
View of a bridge in Bakke
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Bakke within Vest-Agder
Bakke within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°24′40″N 06°39′27″E / 58.41111°N 6.65750°E / 58.41111; 6.65750
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictLister
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byFlekkefjord and Sirdal municipalities
Administrative centreSira
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total244 km2 (94 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total925
 • Density3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1045[1]

Bakke is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 244-square-kilometre (94 sq mi) municipality[2] existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. It was located in the present-day municipalities of Sirdal and Flekkefjord. It included the whole Sirdalen valley along the Rogaland county border, stretching from the Aust-Agder county border in the north to Sirnes and the lake Lundevatnet in the south. The administrative center was the village of Sira where Bakke Church is located.[3]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Helland, Amund (1903). "Bakke herred". X Lister og Mandals amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 607. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Bakke – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 August 2016.