Vikedal

Vikedal or Vikadal is a village in Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the Sandeidfjorden, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the village of Sandeid and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northwest of the village of Imslandsjøen. Vikedal Church is located in this village.

The village has a long history of boat-building. The village was the administrative center of the old municipality of Vikedal which existed from 1838 until 1965.

The 0.77-square-kilometre (190-acre) village has a population (2013) of 436, giving the village a population density of 566 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,470/sq mi).

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Vikedal (disambiguation)

Vikedal, alternately spelled Vikadal, may refer to:

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Vikedal (municipality)

Vikedal is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. It was located along the Vindafjorden and Sandeidfjorden. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Vikedal, where Vikedal Church is located.

History

The parish of Vikedal was created as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1923 the municipality was divided in three. The northwestern part became the municipality of Sandeid (population: 558), the central part remained as Vikedal (population: 924) and the southeastern part became the municipality of Imsland (population: 604).

On 1 January 1965, a major municipal reform took place resulting from the recommendations of the Schei Committee. The municipality of Vikedal was dissolved on that date and it was split up among two municipalities. The Hapnes and Dokskar farms farms (population: 2) were merged into the neighboring municipality of Tysvær to the southwest. The rest of Vikedal (population: 978) was merged with the municipality of Sandeid and parts of the municipalities of Imsland, Vats and Skjold to form the new municipality called Vindafjord.