Herad Municipality
Herad herad | |
|---|---|
| Herred herred[1] (historic name) | |
 Vest-Agder within Norway | |
 Herad within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°09′22″N 06°47′43″E / 58.15611°N 6.79528°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Lister |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Farsund Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Sande |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| Population (1965) | |
| • Total | 359 |
| • Density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Heradssokning[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1039[3] |
Herad is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 85-square-kilometre (33 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality encompassed the area northeast of the lake Framvaren inside the present-day municipality of Farsund in what is now Agder county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Sande where the Herad Church is located.[4]
- ^ Helland, Amund (1903). "Herred herred". X: Lister og Mandals amt. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 462. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Herad" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 September 2016.