Bakke, Norway
Bakke is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 244-square-kilometre (94 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. It was located in the present-day municipalities of Sirdal and Flekkefjord. It included the whole Sirdalen valley along the Rogaland county border, stretching from the Aust-Agder county border in the north to Sirnes and the lake Lundevatnet in the south. The administrative center was the village of Sira where Bakke Church is located.
Bakke Municipality
Bakke herred | |
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Former municipality | |
View of a bridge in Bakke | |
Vest-Agder within Norway | |
Bakke within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°24′40″N 06°39′27″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Lister |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Flekkefjord and Sirdal municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Sira |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 244 km2 (94 sq mi) |
| Population (1965) | |
| • Total | 925 |
| • Density | 3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1045 |
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