Imsland

Imsland Municipality
Imsland herred
View of the local church
View of the local church
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Imsland within Rogaland
Imsland within Rogaland
Coordinates: 59°28′44″N 05°59′25″E / 59.47889°N 5.99028°E / 59.47889; 5.99028
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictRyfylke
Established1 Jan 1923
 • Preceded byVikedal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byVindafjord and Suldal municipalities
Administrative centreImslandsjøen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total90 km2 (30 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total433
 • Density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1156[1]

Imsland is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 90-square-kilometre (35 sq mi) municipality existed from 1923 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality included the area surrounding the inner part of the Vindafjorden in the present-day municipalities of Suldal and Vindafjord. The administrative centre of Imsland was the village of Imslandsjøen where Imsland Church is located.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Imsland – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 June 2015.