Herad
Herad is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 85-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway
- Also known as: “Herad kommune”, “Herad Municipality”, “Herad, Norway”, “Herad, Vest-Agder, Norway”, “Herod, Norway”, and “Herred, Norway”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herad Church.
Herad Church
Church
Herad Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Farsund Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sande, along the Åptafjorden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sande and Farsund.
Sande
Hamlet
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Sande is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the Åptafjorden, about 8 kilometres north of the town of Farsund.
Farsund
Town
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Farsund is the administrative centre of Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The town is located near the mouth of the Lyngdalsfjorden, about 5 kilometres east of the village of Vanse. Farsund is situated 6 km south of Herad.
Vanse
Village
Vanse is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 4 kilometres west of the town of Farsund and about 5 kilometres east of the village of Vestbygd. Vanse is situated 9 km southwest of Herad.
Herad
- Category: former municipality of Norway
- Location: Farsund, Agder, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Turkish—“Herad” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Herad Kommune”
- Irish: “Herad”
- Malay: “Herad”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Herad kommune”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Herad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herad kommune”
- Romanian: “Comuna Herad”
- Swedish: “Herads kommun”
- Turkish: “Herad”
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