Herad Municipality
Herad herad | |
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Herred herred[1] (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 58°09′22″N 06°47′43″E / 58.15611°N 6.79528°E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Vest-Agder |
District | Lister |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
• Succeeded by | Farsund Municipality |
Administrative centre | Sande |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
Population (1965) | |
• Total | 359 |
• Density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Demonym | Heradssokning[2] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1039[3] |
Herad is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 85-square-kilometre (33 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality encompassed the area northeast of the lake Framvaren inside the present-day municipality of Farsund in what is now Agder county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Sande where the Herad Church is located.[4]