Gyland (municipality)
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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.[2]
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Gyland Municipality
Gyland herred | |
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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[1] |
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