Hidra Municipality
former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway
Hidra is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 89.6-square-kilometre (34.6 sq mi) municipality existed from 1893 until its dissolution in 1965. The area is now part of Flekkefjord Municipality in the traditional district of Lister in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Kirkehamn where Hidra Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the 89.6-square-kilometre (34.6 sq mi) municipality was the 430th largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Hidra Municipality was the 467th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,294. The municipality's population density was 14.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (37/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 7.5% over the previous 10-year period.
General information
The municipality of Hitterø was established on 8 October 1893 when the old Nes og Hitterø Municipality was split into two: the northern district (population: 1,704) became the new Nes Municipality and the southern district (population: 2,075) became the new Hitterø Municipality.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, Nes Municipality was dissolved and the following areas were merged to form a new, larger Flekkefjord Municipality:
the town of Flekkefjord (population: 3,163)
all of Hidra Municipality (population: 1,277)
all of Nes Municipality (population: 2,757)
all of Gyland Municipality (population: 691)
most of Bakke Municipality (population: 925), except for the Øksendal area which went to Sirdal Municipality
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the island of Hidra (Old Norse: Hitrar) since the first Hidra Church was built there.
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