Official Name: | Heskestad |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Rogaland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Rogaland county |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Rogaland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Dalane |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Lund |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4463 Ualand |
Elevation M: | 194 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 58.4978°N 6.3592°W |
Heskestad is a village in Lund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located in the western part of Lund, along the European route E39 highway and the Sørlandet Line, about northwest of the village of Moi. Heskestad Station is a now-closed railway station located in the village.
Heskestad is also a parish in the Church of Norway. Heskestad Church, dating back to 1904, is located in the village and it is the church for the parish, serving the western part of Lund.
Heskestad was the administrative centre of the municipality of Heskestad which existed from 1838 until 1965.[2]