Hægeland

This article is about the village in Vennesla, Norway. For the former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway, see Hægeland (municipality).

Village in Southern Norway, Norway

Hægeland

Hægelandskrossen

Village

View of the village church

Hægeland

Location of the village

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Hægeland

Hægeland (Norway)

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Coordinates: 58°23′00″N 07°44′28″E﻿ / ﻿58.38333°N 7.74111°E﻿ / 58.38333; 7.74111
Country| Norway
Region| Southern Norway
County| Agder
District| Kristiansand
Municipality| Vennesla
Area

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• Total| 0.25 km2 (0.10 sq mi)
Elevation

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| 228 m (748 ft)
Population

(2016)[1]

• Total| 433
• Density| 1,732/km2 (4,490/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code|

4720 Hægeland

Hægeland or Hægelandskrossen is a village in Vennesla municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the northeastern shore of the lake Hægelandsvatnet, a short distance south of the Kilefjorden. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs north-south through the village, just past Hægeland Church. The village of Bjelland lies about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the east and the villages of Skarpengland and Øvrebø both lie about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the south. The village of Øvre Eikeland lies about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southeast of Hægeland, along the Rv9 highway.[3]

The 0.25-square-kilometre (62-acre) village has a population (2016) of 433 which gives the village a population density of 1,732 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,490/sq mi).[1] The village was the administrative centre of the old Hægeland Municipality which existed from 1896 until 1964 when the municipality was merged into Vennesla.[3]

## Name

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The village (originally the parish) is named after the old Hægeland farm (Old Norse: Helgaland) since that is where the Hægeland Church was located. The first element of the name means "holy" (Old Norse: heilagr and Norwegian: hellig) and the last element (Old Norse: land) is identical with the word land which means "land". This area was important to ancient Norse pagan worship.[4][5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2016). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
2. ^ "Hægeland, Vennesla (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
3. ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Hægeland – tettsted" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 January 2017.
4. ^ "Hægeland" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
5. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 34.

## External links

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* Weather information for Hægeland (in Norwegian)