Grindheim Municipality
Grindheim herred | |
|---|---|
| Grindum herred (historic name) | |
 View of the municipal church | |
 Vest-Agder within Norway | |
 Grindheim within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°26′24″N 07°25′02″E / 58.44000°N 7.41722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1902 |
| • Preceded by | Bjelland og Grindum Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Audnedal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Byremo |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 130 km2 (50 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 701 |
| • Density | 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Grinddøl[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1025[2] |
Grindheim is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Byremo where Grindheim Church is located. The 130-square-kilometre (50 sq mi) municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. It was generally located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Lyngdal in what is now Agder county.[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. "Grindheim" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 November 2016.