Sandeid (municipality)

Sandeid Municipality
Sandeid herred
Sandeid village in the early 20th century
Sandeid village in the early 20th century
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Sandeid within Rogaland
Sandeid within Rogaland
Coordinates: 59°32′39″N 05°51′44″E / 59.54417°N 5.86222°E / 59.54417; 5.86222
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictRyfylke
Established1 Jan 1923
 • Preceded byVikedal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byVindafjord Municipality
Administrative centreSandeid
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total66 km2 (25 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total876
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
DemonymSandeidbu[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1158[2]

Sandeid is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 66-square-kilometre (25 sq mi) municipality existed from 1923 until its dissolution in 1965. It was located at the northern end of the Sandeidfjorden in what is now part of the municipality of Vindafjord. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Sandeid where Sandeid Church is located.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Sandeid – sogn" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 June 2015.