Fjotland (municipality)
Fjotland is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 600-square-kilometre (230 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1841 and again from 1858 until its dissolution in 1963. The administrative centre was the village of Fjotland where Fjotland Church is located. The municipality covered the northern part of the Kvinesdalen valley in the present-day municipality of Kvinesdal.
Fjotland Municipality
Fjotland herred | |
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Former municipality | |
View of the municipal church | |
Vest-Agder within Norway | |
Fjotland within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°31′30″N 06°59′34″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Lister |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1841 |
| • Succeeded by | Kvinesdal Municipality |
| Re-established | 1 Jan 1858 |
| • Preceded by | Kvinesdal Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1963 |
| • Succeeded by | Kvinesdal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Fjotland |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 600 km2 (200 sq mi) |
| Population (1963) | |
| • Total | 1,244 |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1036 |
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