Søndeled

Søndeled Municipality
Søndeled herred
Østerrisør landdistrikt  (historic name)
View of the Søndeled Church
Aust-Agder within Norway
Søndeled within Aust-Agder
Coordinates: 58°45′38″N 09°04′30″E / 58.76056°N 9.07500°E / 58.76056; 9.07500
CountryNorway
CountyAust-Agder
DistrictØstre Agder
Established1 Jan 1838
  Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
  Succeeded byRisør Municipality
Administrative centreSøndeled
Area
 (upon dissolution)
  Total
189 km2 (73 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
  Total
3,134
  Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
DemonymSønndøling
Official language
  Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0913

Søndeled is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 189-square-kilometre (73 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964 when it was merged into the municipality of Risør in what is now Agder county. The municipality encompassed the land around the Søndeledfjorden. The administrative centre of Søndeled was the village of Søndeled at the innermost part of the Søndeledfjorden. Other villages in Søndeled included Stamsø, Akland, Moen, Bossvika, and Sivik. The main churches for Søndeled municipality were Indre Søndeled Church in the village of Søndeled and Ytre Søndeled Church in the east, just outside of the town of Risør.