Heddal Municipality
Heddal herred | |
|---|---|
| Hitterdal herred (historic name) | |
 View of the historic Heddal Stave Church | |
 Telemark within Norway | |
 Heddal within Telemark | |
| Coordinates: 59°35′15″N 9°10′20″E / 59.58745°N 9.1721°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Telemark |
| District | Aust-Telemark |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Notodden Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Heddal |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 407 km2 (157 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
| • Total | 4,844 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Heddøl[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0823[4] |
Heddal is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 407-square-kilometre (157 sq mi)[5] municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Notodden Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Heddal where the Heddal Stave Church.[6]
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- ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Helland, Amund (1900). "Hitterdal herred". VIII. Bratsberg Amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 399. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ Lundbo, Sten, ed. (29 June 2022). "Heddal (tidligere kommune)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 August 2023.