Hjelmeland og Fister

Hjelmeland og Fister is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1859 until its dissolution in 1884. It encompassed the area of today's Hjelmeland municipality plus the eastern islands in today's Stavanger municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Hjelmelandsvågen. There were two churches in the municipality: Fister Church and Hjelmeland Church.

Hjelmeland og Fister herred
Former municipality
Rogaland within
Norway
Hjelmeland og Fister within Rogaland
Coordinates: 59°14′12″N 06°10′44″E
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictRyfylke
Established1 Jan 1859
Disestablished1 July 1884
Administrative centreHjelmelandsvågen
Population
 (1884)
 • Total2,249
Demonym(s)Hjelmelandsbu[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1133
Preceded byHjelmeland in 1859
Succeeded byHjelmeland and Fister in 1884
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Hjelmeland og Fister was established in 1859 when the old municipality of Hjelmeland was split into Årdal and Hjelmeland og Fister. Initially, Hjelmeland og Fister had 3,084 residents. On 6 March 1869, a small area of Årdal municipality (population: 40) was transferred to Hjelmeland og Fister. The municipality was split into two on 1 July 1884. The Fister islands and the land surrounding the Fisterfjorden (population: 832) became the new municipality of Fister. The rest of the municipality (population: 2,249) became the new municipality of Hjelmeland.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

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