Gyland (municipality)
Gyland is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 182-square-kilometre (70 sq mi) municipality was located in the northeastern part of the present-day municipality of Flekkefjord in what is now Agder county. The municipality existed very briefly from 1838 until 1839 and then it was re-created in 1893 and it existed until 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Gyland where Gyland Church is located.
Gyland Municipality
Gyland herred | |
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Former municipality | |
View of the village church | |
Vest-Agder within Norway | |
Gyland within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°25′50″N 06°50′22″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Lister |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | Fall 1839 |
| • Succeeded by | Bakke Municipality |
| Re-established | 1 Jan 1893 |
| • Preceded by | Bakke Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Flekkefjord Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Gyland |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 182 km2 (70 sq mi) |
| Population (1965) | |
| • Total | 691 |
| • Density | 3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1044 |
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