Søndeled
Søndeled Municipality
Søndeled herred | |
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| 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 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Aust-Agder |
| District | Østre Agder |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Risør Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Søndeled |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 189 km2 (73 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 3,134 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Sønndøling |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-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.