Hægeland

Hægeland herred
Former Municipality

Hægeland church
Coordinates: 58°23′01″N 07°44′26″E / 58.38361°N 7.74056°E / 58.38361; 7.74056Coordinates: 58°23′01″N 07°44′26″E / 58.38361°N 7.74056°E / 58.38361; 7.74056
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1015
Adm. Center Hægeland
Area[1]
 • Total 194 km2 (75 sq mi)
Split from Øvrebø og Hægeland in 1896
Merged into Vennesla in 1964

Hægeland is a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Vennesla, just west of the Kilefjorden.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Hægeland farm (Old Norse: Helgaland). The first element of the name means "holy" (Old Norse: heilagr and Norwegian: hellig) and the last element (Old Norse: land) is identical with the word land which means "land". This area was important to ancient Norse pagan worship.[1][2]

History

The municipality of Hægeland was established on 1 July 1896 when the old municipality of Øvrebø og Hægeland was divided into the separate municipalities of Hægeland (population: 843) and Øvrebø (population: 888). On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Hægeland, Vennesla, and most of Øvrebø were merged to form a new Vennesla municipality. Vennesla was previously part of the old municipality of Øvrebø og Hægeland until 1861. Prior to the merger, Hægeland had a population of 849.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hægeland" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  2. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 34.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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