Country Norway County Rogaland Municipality ID NO-1113 Area 222 km² | Region Western Norway District Dalane Adm. Center Heskestad | |
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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 and the far northern part of the present-day municipality of Eigersund.
History
Heskestad was part of Helleland clerical district until 1820 when it became part of Lund clerical district. The parish of Heskestad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
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.