Heskestad (municipality)

Heskestad is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 222-square-kilometre (86 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Heskestad where the Heskestad Church is located. The municipality encompassed the western part of the present-day municipality of Lund and the far northern part of the present-day municipality of Eigersund.^[3]

Heskestad Church

Heskestad Municipality Heskestad herred
Former municipality
Rogaland within Norway
Heskestad within Rogaland
Coordinates: 58°29′52″N 06°21′33″E
Country	Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Dalane
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 1965
• Succeeded by	Lund and Eigersund municipalities
Administrative centre	Heskestad
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	222 km2 (86 sq mi)
Population  (1965)
• Total	661
• Density	3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi)
Demonym	Heskestadbu[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1113[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

Heskestad was historically a part of the Helleland clerical district until 1820 when it became part of Lund clerical district. On 1 January 1838, the parish of Heskestad was established as a municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law).

During the 1960s, there were many municipal changes in Norway due to the recommendations of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the municipality of Heskestad was dissolved. The majority of Heskestad municipality, with 547 inhabitants, was merged into the neighboring municipality of Lund. At the same time the Gyadalen and Grøsfjell areas, with 114 inhabitants, were merged with the town of Egersund and the municipalities of Eigersund and Helleland to form a new, larger municipality of Eigersund.^[4]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Heskestad, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elects a mayor.^[5]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Heskestad was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Heskestad herredsstyre 1964–1965 ^[6]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	2
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	7
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	4
Total number of members:		13

Heskestad herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[7]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	2
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	8
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	3
Total number of members:		13

Heskestad herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[8]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	3
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	10
Total number of members:		13

Heskestad herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[9]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	4
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	5
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	3
Total number of members:		12

Heskestad herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[10]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	5
Total number of members:		12

Heskestad herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	5
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	4
Total number of members:		12

Heskestad herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	3
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	8
Total number of members:		12
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway