Area 294 km² | Region Southern Norway District Sørlandet | |
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Weather 3°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 98% Humidity | ||
Bjelland og Grindum or Bjelland og Grindheim is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Bjelland where Bjelland Church is located. The 294-square-kilometre (114 sq mi) municipality was located in the Mandalen valley in the northern parts of the present-day municipalities of Audnedal and Marnardal.
History
The old (large) parish of Bjelland was divided on 1 January 1838 into two municipalities: Aaseral in the north and Bjelland og Grindum in the south (see formannskapsdistrikt). Bjelland og Grindum had a population of 1,662 in 1835, just before the split.
On 1 January 1902, the municipality of Bjelland og Grindum was dissolved and its land was split into two new municipalities: Bjelland (population: 907) and Grindheim (population: 909). These municipalities later became parts of Audnedal and Marnardal.