Hylestad
| Hylestad herred | |
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| Former Municipality | |
View of the local Hylestad Church
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 Hylestad herred
Hylestad herred
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| Coordinates: 59°05′37″N 7°32′09″E / 59.0935°N 07.5359°ECoordinates: 59°05′37″N 7°32′09″E / 59.0935°N 07.5359°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Southern Norway |
| County | Aust-Agder |
| District | Setesdal |
| Municipality ID | NO-0939 |
| Adm. Center | Rysstad |
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| • Total | 570 km2 (220 sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Created from | Valle in 1915 |
| Merged into | Valle in 1962 |
Hylestad is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The 570-square-kilometre (220 sq mi) former municipality was located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Valle in the traditional region of Setesdal. It existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1962. The administrative centre was the village of Rysstad where the Hylestad Church was located.
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Hylestad farm (Old Norse: Hyljastaðir), since the first Hylestad Church was built there. The first element comes from hylja meaning a "pool" (possibly referring to the pool in the river) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".
The parish of Hylestad was established as a municipality on 1 July 1915 when the municipality of Valle was divided into two municipalities: Hylestad (population: 658) in the south and Valle (population: 1,051) in the north. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, Hylestad was reincorporated into Valle. Prior to the merger Hylestad had a population of 662.
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