Herad
Herad is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 85-square-kilometre (33 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality encompassed the area northeast of the lake Framvaren inside the present-day municipality of Farsund in what is now Agder county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Sande where the Herad Church is located.
Herad Municipality
Herad herad | |
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| Herred herred (historic name) | |
Vest-Agder within Norway | |
Herad within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°09′22″N 06°47′43″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Lister |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Farsund Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Sande |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| Population (1965) | |
| • Total | 359 |
| • Density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Heradssokning |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1039 |
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