Area 148 km² | Region Western Norway | |
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Helleland is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 148-square-kilometre (57 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality is now located in the central part of the present-day municipality of Eigersund. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Helleland where the Helleland Church is located.
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Map of 4376 Helleland, Norway
History
The parish of Helleland was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). During the 1960s there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965 the municipality of Helleland (population: 851) was merged with the town of Egersund (population: 3,787), the municipality of Eigersund (population: 4,664), and the Gyadalen and Grøsfjell areas of the municipality of Heskestad (population: 114). The merger created a much larger municipality of Eigersund.