Bjelland og Grindum


Bjelland og Grindum or Bjelland og Grindheim is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Bjelland where Bjelland Church is located. The municipality was located in the Mandalen valley in the northern parts of the present-day municipalities of Audnedal and Marnardal.

History

The old parish of Bjelland was divided on 1 January 1838 into two municipalities: Aaseral in the north and Bjelland og Grindum in the south. Bjelland og Grindum had a population of 1,662 in 1835, just before the split.
On 1 January 1902, the municipality of Bjelland og Grindum was dissolved and its land was split into two new municipalities: Bjelland and Grindheim . These municipalities later became parts of Audnedal and Marnardal.