Bjelland og Grindum
Bjelland og Grindum (or sometimes Bjelland og Grindheim) is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Bjelland where Bjelland Church is located. The 294-square-kilometre (114 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1902. It was located in the Mandalen valley in the northern parts of the present-day municipalities of Lyngdal and Lindesnes in what is now Agder county.
Bjelland og Grindum Municipality
Bjelland og Grindum herred | |
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Former municipality | |
Vest-Agder within Norway | |
Bjelland og Grindum within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°26′24″N 07°25′02″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1902 |
| • Succeeded by | Bjelland and Grindheim municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Bjelland |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 294 km2 (114 sq mi) |
| Population (1902) | |
| • Total | 1,816 |
| • Density | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Bjelldøl Grinddøl |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1024 |
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