Vikedal (municipality)

Vikedal Municipality
Vikedal herred
View of the village of Vikedal
View of the village of Vikedal
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Vikedal within Rogaland
Vikedal within Rogaland
Coordinates: 59°29′52″N 05°54′21″E / 59.49778°N 5.90583°E / 59.49778; 5.90583
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictRyfylke
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byVindafjord Municipality
Administrative centreVikedal
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total134 km2 (52 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total980
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1157[1]

Vikedal is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 134-square-kilometre (52 sq mi) municipality[2] existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. It was located along the Vindafjorden and Sandeidfjorden in the northern part of the Ryfylke district.[3] The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Vikedal, where Vikedal Church is located.[3]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Helland, Amund (1888). "Vikedal herred". XI Stavanger amt. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 340. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Vikedal – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 June 2015.