Bjelland (municipality)

Bjelland Municipality
Bjelland herred
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Bjelland within Vest-Agder
Bjelland within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°22′48″N 07°31′40″E / 58.38000°N 7.52778°E / 58.38000; 7.52778
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1 Jan 1902
 • Preceded byBjelland og Grindum Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byMarnardal Municipality
Administrative centreBjelland
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
164 km2 (63 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total
631
 • Density3.8/km2 (10.0/sq mi)
DemonymBjelldøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-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]

  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. "Bjelland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 November 2016.