Gyland (municipality)

Gyland Municipality
Gyland herred
View of the village church
Vest-Agder within Norway
Gyland within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°25′50″N 06°50′22″E / 58.43056°N 6.83944°E / 58.43056; 6.83944
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictLister
Established1 Jan 1838
  Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
DisestablishedFall 1839
  Succeeded byBakke Municipality
Re-established1 Jan 1893
  Preceded byBakke Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
  Succeeded byFlekkefjord Municipality
Administrative centreGyland
Area
 (upon dissolution)
  Total
182 km2 (70 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
  Total
691
  Density3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1044

Gyland is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 182-square-kilometre (70 sq mi) municipality was located in the northeastern part of the present-day municipality of Flekkefjord in what is now Agder county. The municipality existed very briefly from 1838 until 1839 and then it was re-created in 1893 and it existed until 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Gyland where Gyland Church is located.