Hyllestad
| Hyllestad kommune | |||
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| Municipality | |||
View of the village of Hyllestad
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 Hyllestad within Sogn og Fjordane |
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| Coordinates: 61°09′48″N 05°20′20″E / 61.16333°N 5.33889°ECoordinates: 61°09′48″N 05°20′20″E / 61.16333°N 5.33889°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Sogn og Fjordane | ||
| District | Sogn | ||
| Administrative centre | Hyllestad | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2011) | Jan Olav Gjerde (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 258.90 km2 (99.96 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 247.81 km2 (95.68 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 296 in Norway | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 1,428 | ||
| • Rank | 364 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -7.1 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Hyllestadsokning | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1413 | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Website | www |
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Hyllestad is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Hyllestad. Other villages in the municipality include Sørbøvågen and Leirvik.
Hyllestad municipality has existed since 1862 when it was created from parts of the neighboring municipalities of Askvoll and Lavik. Hyllestad is located on the north side of the Sognefjorden, near the mouth of the fjord.
In 2016 the chief of police formally suggested that the police station be closed down.
Hyllestad was created as a municipality in 1862. Two sub-parishes (sokn) from the Askvoll parish (Øn and Hyllestad) and one sub-parish (sokn) from the Lavik og Brekke parish (Bø) were merged to form a separate municipality which was named Hyllestad. The population at that time in Hyllestad was 2,475. On 1 January 1888, the Krakken farm (population: 17) on the northeastern corner of the island of Sula was transferred from Hyllestad to the neighboring municipality of Utvær. The municipal boundaries have not changed since that time.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm "Hyllestad" (Old Norse Hyllistaðir), since that was where the first Hyllestad Church in the parish was built. The meaning of the first element Hylli is unknown (perhaps an old uncompounded name of the nearby Hyllestadfjorden) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".
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