Heidal Municipality
Heidal is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1908 until its dissolution in 1965. The former municipality is now part of the present-day Sel Municipality in Innlandet county. The administrative centre of the old municipality was the village of Bjølstad where the Heidal Church is located. The municipality encompassed the whole Heidal valley area. History The municipality of Heidal (originally spelled ''Hedalen'') was established on 1 January 1908. On that date, the large Vågå Municipality was divided into three parts: the northeast part became Sel Municipality (population: 2,287), the southeast part became Heidal Municipality (population: 1,241), and the western part remained as Vågå Municipality (population: 2,953). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the municipality of Heidal (population: 1,731) was dissolved and it was merged wi ...
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Bjølstad
Bjølstad (also called Bjølstadmo) or Heidal is a village in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Heidal valley, about northeast of the village of Skogbygda and about southwest of the town of Otta. The village has a population (2022) of 376 and a population density of . The village is the site of the historic Bjølstad Farm and the Heidal Church. Historically, this small village was the administrative centre of the former municipality of Heidal Heidal or Heidalen is a valley in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The U-shaped valley follows the river Sjoa which begins in the nearby Jotunheimen mountains eastward until it joins the Gudbrandsdalslågen river in the main val ... which existed from 1908 until 1965. References Sel, Norway Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub ...
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