Helleland (municipality)

Helleland Municipality
Helleland herred
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Helleland within Rogaland
Helleland within Rogaland
Coordinates: 58°31′14″N 06°06′57″E / 58.52056°N 6.11583°E / 58.52056; 6.11583
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictDalane
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byEigersund Municipality
Administrative centreHelleland
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total148 km2 (57 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total851
 • Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1115[1]

Helleland is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 148-square-kilometre (57 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality is now located in the central part of the present-day municipality of Eigersund. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Helleland where the Helleland Church is located.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Helleland – tidligere kommune i Rogaland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 July 2016.