Heskestad (municipality)

Heskestad Municipality
Heskestad herred
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Heskestad within Rogaland
Heskestad within Rogaland
Coordinates: 58°29′52″N 06°21′33″E / 58.49778°N 6.35917°E / 58.49778; 6.35917
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictDalane
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byLund and Eigersund municipalities
Administrative centreHeskestad
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total222 km2 (86 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total661
 • Density3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi)
DemonymHeskestadbu[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1113[2]

Heskestad is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 222-square-kilometre (86 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Heskestad where the Heskestad Church is located. The municipality encompassed the western part of the present-day municipality of Lund and the far northern part of the present-day municipality of Eigersund.[3]

Heskestad Church
  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. "Heskestad" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 July 2016.