{{short description|Former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway}} {{distinguish|Hyllestad Municipality}} {{Infobox kommune |name = Hylestad |herred = yes |former = yes |native_name = |native_name_lang = |other_name = |official_name = |image_skyline = Hylestad kyrkje300.jpg |image_caption = View of the local Hylestad Church |idnumber = 0939 |county = Aust-Agder |district = Setesdal |capital = Rysstad |established = 1 July 1915 |preceded = Valle Municipality |disestablished = 1 Jan 1962 |succeeded = Valle Municipality |demonym = |language = Nynorsk<ref name="lang">{{Cite journal |year=1932 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015110481043_001 |journal=Norsk Lovtidend |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=453-471}}</ref> |coatofarms = |flag = |mayor = Torjus J. Nomeland |mayor_party = |mayor_as_of = 1956-1961 |elevation_max_m = 1302 |highest_point_ref = <ref name="elev">{{Cite web |title=Kart over Norge |url=https://norgeskart.no/?zoom=15&lat=6578223.380497603&lon=59268.49187612039&backgroundLayer=toporaster&rotation=0&markerLon=58717.08276389875&markerLat=6577759.01397465&sok=beinleinuten |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> |area_rank = 182 |area_total_km2 = 540.3 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |population_as_of = 1961 |population_rank = 702 |population_total = 661 |population_density_km2 = 1.2 |population_increase = -1.2 |coordinates = {{coord|59.0935|07.5359|region:NO|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Hylestad''' is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county, Norway. The {{convert|540|km2|adj=on}} municipality existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1962. The area is now part of Valle Municipality in the traditional district of Setesdal in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Rysstad where the Hylestad Church was located.<ref name="snl">{{Cite SNL|Hylestad_-_tidligere_kommune|Hylestad (tidligere kommune)|2026-05-15|Thorsnæs|Geir|2025-01-14|editor2-first=Per Roger|editor2-last=Lauritzen}}</ref>
Prior to its dissolution in 1962, the {{convert|540.3|km2|adj=on}} municipality was the 182nd largest by area out of the 731 municipalities in Norway. Hylestad Municipality was the 702nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about {{formatnum:661}}. The municipality's population density was {{convert|1.2|PD/km2}} and its population had decreased by 1.2% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=no}}</ref><ref name="SS1951">{{Cite book |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_049.pdf |title=Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 |date=1951-01-01 |publisher=H. Aschehoug & Co. |series=Norges Offisielle Statistikk |location=Oslo, Norge |language=no |format=PDF |authorlink=Statistics Norway}}</ref>
==General information== [[File:Valle rysstad bygdefjell 701m IMG 7375.JPG|thumb|left|View of the Rysstad area]] thumb|left|View of the Rysstad area in 1948 The parish of Hylestad was established as a municipality on 1 July 1915 when the large Valle Municipality was divided into two: Hylestad Municipality (population: 658) in the south and Valle Municipality (population: 1,051) in the north. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee.<ref>{{Cite SNL|Nikolai_Schei|Nikolai Schei|2026-03-19|Grepstad|Jon|2025-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite SNL|kommuneinndelingen_i_Norge|kommuneinndelingen i Norge|2026-03-19|Hansen|Tore|2024-05-27|editor2-first=Geir|editor2-last=Thorsnæs}}</ref> On 1 January 1962, Hylestad Municipality was reincorporated into Valle Municipality. Prior to the merger Hylestad Municipality had a population of 662.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>
===Name=== The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Hylestad'' farm ({{langx|non|Hyljastaðir}}) since the first Hylestad Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the word {{wikt-lang|non|hylr}} which means "deep place" or "pool in a river". The last element is the plural form of {{wikt-lang|non|staðr}} which means "place", "homestead" or "abode".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4pBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt |date=1905 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=8 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=224 |language=no}}</ref>
===Churches=== The Church of Norway had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Hylestad Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Valle prestegjeld and the Otredal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder.<ref name="SS1951" />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Hylestad Municipality''''' !Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built |- |rowspan="1"|Hylestad||Hylestad Church||Rysstad||1839 |}
==Geography== The highest point in the municipality was the {{convert|1302|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Beinleinuten, located in the Setesdalsheiene mountains just east of the lake Rosskreppfjorden in the western part of the municipality.<ref name="elev" /> The river Otra flowed through the central part of the municipality. Valle Municipality was located to the north, Fyresdal Municipality was located to the east (in Telemark county), Bygland Municipality was located to the south, and Sirdal Municipality was located to the west (in Vest-Agder county).
==Government== While it existed, Hylestad Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">{{Cite SNL|kommunestyre|kommunestyre|2024-12-31|Hansen|Tore|2024-11-25|editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene}}</ref> The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Setesdal District Court and the Agder Court of Appeal.
===Municipal council=== The municipal council {{lang|no|(Herredsstyre)}} of Hylestad Municipality was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party. {{div col}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hylestad |herad = yes |start = 1959 |end = 1961 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |access-date=2020-12-21 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |nynorsk = yes |Total = 13 |Arbeiderpartiet = 4 |Senterpartiet = 6 |AFS = 3 |note = On 1 January 1962, Hylestad Municipality became part of Valle Municipality. |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hylestad |herad = yes |start = 1955 |end = 1959 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |access-date=2020-12-21 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |nynorsk = yes |collapsed = yes |Total = 13 |Arbeiderpartiet = 5 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 5 |Local_Lists = 3 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hylestad |herad = yes |start = 1951 |end = 1955 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |access-date=2020-12-21 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |nynorsk = yes |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 5 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 7 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hylestad |herad = yes |start = 1947 |end = 1951 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |access-date=2020-12-21 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |nynorsk = yes |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 5 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 7 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hylestad |herad = yes |start = 1945 |end = 1947 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |access-date=2020-12-21 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |nynorsk = yes |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 6 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 6 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hylestad |herad = yes |start = 1937 |end = 1941* |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |access-date=2020-12-21 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |nynorsk = yes |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Senterpartiet = 5 |Arbeiderpartiet = 5 |AFS = 2 |}} {{div col end}}
===Mayors=== The mayor ({{langx|nn|ordførar}}) of Hylestad Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ordførarar i Valle kommune |url=https://www.setesdalswiki.no/wiki/Ordf%C3%B8rarar_i_Valle_kommune#Hylestad |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=SetesdalsWiki.no |language=nn}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *1915–1916: Gunnar Torgeirsson Rysstad (H) *1916–1922: Tarald J. Harstad (Ap) *1923–1925: Gunnar Torgeirsson Rysstad (H) *1926–1928: Torgeir G. Straume *1929–1934: Jon O. Nomeland *1934–1937: Aani Aanisson Rysstad (Ap) *1938–1941: Jon O. Nomeland *1941–1945: Jon T. Rysstad (NS) *1945–1951: Jon O. Nomeland *1952–1955: Såvi G. Straume (V) *1956–1961: Torjus J. Nomeland {{div col end}}
==Notable people== *Osmund Faremo (1921-1999), a Norwegian politician *Aani Aanisson Rysstad (1894-1965), a Norwegian politician
==See also== *List of former municipalities of Norway
==References== {{reflist}}
{{use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{sister bar|auto=y|d=y|commonscat=y|voy=Agder|wikt=Hylestad}} {{Adjacent communities |state = collapsed |Centre = Hylestad Municipality |North = Valle Municipality |Northeast = Fyresdal Municipality<br />{{coat of arms|Telemark}} county |East = Fyresdal Municipality<br />{{coat of arms|Telemark}} county |Southeast = Bygland Municipality |South = Bygland Municipality |Southwest = Sirdal Municipality<br />{{coat of arms|Vest-Agder}} county |West = Sirdal Municipality<br />{{coat of arms|Vest-Agder}} county |Northwest = Valle Municipality }} {{Agder}} {{Authority control}}
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