Bjelland Municipality
Bjelland herred | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Norway_Counties_Vest-Agder_Position.svg) Vest-Agder within Norway | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:NO_1024_Bjelland.svg) Bjelland within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°22′48″N 07°31′40″E / 58.38000°N 7.52778°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1902 |
| • Preceded by | Bjelland og Grindum Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Marnardal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Bjelland |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 164 km2 (63 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
| • Total | 631 |
| • Density | 3.8/km2 (10.0/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Bjelldøl[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1024[2] |
Bjelland is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 164-square-kilometre (63 sq mi) municipality from 1902 until 1964 when it was merged into Marnardal municipality. It is now located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Lindesnes. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Bjelland where Bjelland Church is located.[3]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Bjelland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 November 2016.