Heidal Municipality
former municipality in Oppland, Norway
Heidal is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 350-square-kilometre (140 sq mi) municipality existed from 1908 until its dissolution in 1965. The area is now part of Sel Municipality (Innlandet county) in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre was the village of Bjølstad where the Heidal Church is located. The municipality encompassed the whole Heidal valley area.
Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the 349.8-square-kilometre (135.1 sq mi) municipality was the 253rd largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Heidal Municipality was the 426th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,730. The municipality's population density was 4.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 3.2% over the previous 10-year period.
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The municipality of Heidal (originally spelled Hedalen) was established on 1 January 1908. On that date, the large Vaage Municipality was divided into three parts:
the northeast part became Sel Municipality (population: 2,287)
the southeast part became Heidal Municipality (population: 1,241)
the western part remained as Vaage Municipality (population: 2,953).
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