Vestre Moland Municipality
Vestre Moland herred | |
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 View of the Vestre Moland Church which was built of stone in the 12th century | |
 Aust-Agder within Norway | |
 Vestre Moland within Aust-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°15′31″N 08°21′54″E / 58.25861°N 8.36500°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Aust-Agder |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1962 |
| • Succeeded by | Lillesand Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Møglestu |
| Area (upon dissolution)[1] | |
| • Total | 103 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Population (1962) | |
| • Total | 2,454 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0926[2] |
Vestre Moland is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Møglestu where the Vestre Moland Church is located. The 103-square-kilometre (40 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1962 when it was merged into the municipality of Lillesand. Today, the area of Vestre Moland covers the northern part of the present-day municipality of Lillesand in Agder county.[1]
Vestre Moland included the island of Justøy and the area surrounding the ladested of Lillesand. It features the lake Østre Grimevann found in the northern part of Vestre Moland and the Blindleia inland waterway which is located along the coast of Vestre Moland.
- ^ a b Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (23 July 2015). "Vestre Moland – kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.