Mykland (municipality)
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Mykland Municipality
Mykland herred | |
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 View of the local Mykland Church | |
 Aust-Agder within Norway | |
 Mykland within Aust-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°37′55″N 8°17′17″E / 58.6320°N 08.2880°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Aust-Agder |
| District | Østre Agder |
| Established | 1 Jan 1876 |
| • Preceded by | Åmli Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1967 |
| • Succeeded by | Froland Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Mykland |
| Area (upon dissolution)[1] | |
• Total | 306 km2 (118 sq mi) |
| Population (1967) | |
• Total | 604 |
| • Density | 2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Myklending Mykling[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0932[3] |
Mykland is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 306-square-kilometre (118 sq mi) municipality existed from 1876 until 1967 when it was merged into the neighboring municipality of Froland in what is now Agder county. Mykland included the inland areas between the rivers Tovdalsåna and the Rettåna (a tributary of the river Otra). The administrative centre was the village of Mykland where the Mykland Church is located.[1]
The main roads through the municipality were Norwegian County Road 42 and Norwegian County Road 413.
Name
The parish of Mykland was originally part of the municipality of Åmli. Mykland was established as a municipality in 1876, when the southern parish of Mykland was split off to be a separate municipality. Initially, the population of Mykland was 663. This left Åmli with a population of 2,564. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. After much debate in Mykland, a vote was held on whether or not to join Åmli to the north, Froland to the east, or Birkenes to the south. A majority voted for Froland, some voted for Åmli, and no one voted to join Birkenes.[4] Therefore, on 1 January 1967, Mykland was merged into the neighboring municipality of Froland. Prior to the merger, Mykland had a population of 604. On 1 January 1970, the uninhabited properties of Neset and Råbudal in Froland (which had been a part of Mykland until 1967) were moved to Birkenes municipality.[5]
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Mykland farm (Old Norse: Myklaland) since the first Mykland Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the word mikill which means "great" or "prominent". The last element is land which means "land" or "district".[1][6]
