Gyland

Gyland herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Coordinates:
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1044
Adm. Center Gyland
Area[1]
 • Total 182 km2 (70.3 sq mi)
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged into Bakke in 1839
Split from Bakke in 1893
Merged into Flekkefjord in 1965

Gyland is a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the northeastern part of the present-day municipality of Flekkefjord between the municipality of Kvinesdal and the lake, Sirdalsvatnet.[1]

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Name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Gyland farm (Old Norse: Gýjuland), where the church is located. The first element is the old name of the river that flows past the farm (Old Norse: Gýja or Gý) and the last elemant is land which means "land".[1][2]

History

Gyland was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt), but it was almost immediately merged into neighboring Bakke municipality in the fall of 1839. The area of Gyland (population: 1,085) was separated (again) from Bakke on 31 December 1893.

On 1 January 1965, the municipalities of Gyland, Bakke, Hidra, and Nes were merged together with the town of Flekkefjord to form a new, larger municipality of Flekkefjord. Prior to the merger Gyland had a population of 691.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gyland" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. http://www.snl.no/Gyland. Retrieved 2009-10-27. 
  2. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 339. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=152248&avid=34354&s=n. 
  3. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999) (in Norwegian) (PDF). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf. 

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