Heddal

Heddal Municipality
Heddal herred
Hitterdal herred  (historic name)
View of the historic Heddal Stave Church
View of the historic Heddal Stave Church
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Heddal within Telemark
Heddal within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°35′15″N 9°10′20″E / 59.58745°N 9.1721°E / 59.58745; 9.1721
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictAust-Telemark
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byNotodden Municipality
Administrative centreHeddal
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total407 km2 (157 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total4,844
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
DemonymHeddøl[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0823[4]

Heddal is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 407-square-kilometre (157 sq mi)[5] municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Notodden Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Heddal where the Heddal Stave Church.[6]

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  2. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Helland, Amund (1900). "Hitterdal herred". VIII. Bratsberg Amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 399. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. ^ Lundbo, Sten, ed. (29 June 2022). "Heddal (tidligere kommune)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 August 2023.