Bakke, Norway
Bakke Municipality
Bakke herred | |
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View of a bridge in Bakke | |
Vest-Agder within Norway | |
Bakke within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°24′40″N 06°39′27″E / 58.41111°N 6.65750°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Lister |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Flekkefjord and Sirdal municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Sira |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 244 km2 (94 sq mi) |
| Population (1965) | |
• Total | 925 |
| • Density | 3.79/km2 (9.82/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1045 |
Bakke is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 244-square-kilometre (94 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. It was located in the present-day municipalities of Sirdal and Flekkefjord. It included the whole Sirdalen valley along the Rogaland county border, stretching from the Aust-Agder county border in the north to Sirnes and the lake Lundevatnet in the south. The administrative center was the village of Sira where Bakke Church is located.