Village in Western Norway, Norway
Grinde is a village in Tysvær municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located at the western end of the Grindafjorden, a couple of kilometers east of the villages Aksdal and Førre. Grinde lies along the European route E39-European route E134 highway.
The 0.58-square-kilometre (140-acre) village has a population (2019) of 891 and a population density of 1,536 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,980/sq mi).[1]
History
Grinde was historically located in Skjold municipality. On 1 January 1965, Skjold municipality was dissolved and its territory dispersed among three municipalities. The districts Grinde, Dueland, and Yrkje with 1,133 inhabitants in total were merged into Tysvær.[3]
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