Hylestad is a former municipality in Aust-Agder

Aust-Agder

is a county in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland, and Vest-Agder. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which is 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area is . The administrative center of the county is in Arendal....

 county

Counties of Norway

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, Norway

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. It is currently located in the municipality of Valle in the traditional region

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The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords,...

 of Setesdal

Setesdal

Setesdal is a valley and a traditional district in Aust-Agder County in southern Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Bykle, Valle, Bygland, Iveland, and Evje og Hornnes....

. The former municipality of Hylestad had an area of 570 square kilometres (220.1 sq mi).

Name

The municipality (originally the parish

Parish

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) is named after the old Hylestad farm (Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

: Hyljastaðir), since the first church was built there. The first element is comes from hylja meaning a "pool" (possibly referring to the pool in the river) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm

Farm

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".

History

Hylestad was created on 1 July 1915 when the municipality of Valle was divided into two municipalities: Hylestad (population: 658) and Valle (population: 1,051). On 1 January 1962, Hylestad was reincorporated into Valle. Prior to the merger Hylestad had a population of 662.

Notable residents

• Osmund Faremo
  Osmund Faremo
  Osmund Faremo was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Hylestad and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1965, and was re-elected on four occasions...
  
   (1921-1999), Norwegian politician
  Politician
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• Aani Aanisson Rysstad
  Aani Aanisson Rysstad
  Aani Aanisson Rysstad was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949. He served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1937–1945 and 1954–1957.He was born in Valle...
  
  (1894-1965), Norwegian politician