Hægeland


Hægeland or Hægelandskrossen is a village in Vennesla municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the northeastern shore of the lake Hægelandsvatnet, a short distance south of the Kilefjorden. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs north-south through the village, just past Hægeland Church. The village of Bjelland lies about to the east and the villages of Skarpengland and Øvrebø both lie about to the south. The village of Øvre Eikeland lies about southeast of Hægeland, along the Rv9 highway.
The village has a population of 433 which gives the village a population density of. The village was the administrative centre of the old Hægeland Municipality which existed from 1896 until 1964 when the municipality was merged into Vennesla.

Name

The village is named after the old Hægeland farm since that is where the Hægeland Church was located. The first element of the name means "holy" and the last element is identical with the word land which means "". This area was important to ancient Norse pagan worship.