Øvrebø (municipality)
Former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Øvrebø is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed twice during the 19th and 20th centuries. Originally, from 1838 until 1865, the 398-square-kilometre (154 sq mi) municipality encompassed roughly the same boundaries as the present-day municipality of Vennesla. The second iteration of the municipality was only 109 square kilometres (42 sq mi) and it corresponded to the central part of present-day Vennesla municipality. The municipal centre was the village of Skarpengland. The small village of Øvrebø is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Skarpengland, and this is where the Øvrebø Church is located.[2]
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Øvrebø Municipality
Øvrebø herred | |
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Coordinates: 58°17′29″N 07°46′42″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Vest-Agder |
District | Sørlandet |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Disestablished | 1865 |
• Succeeded by | Øvrebø og Hægeland and Vennesla municipalities |
Re-established | 1 July 1896 |
• Preceded by | Øvrebø og Hægeland Municipality |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
• Succeeded by | Vennesla Municipality |
Administrative centre | Skarpengland |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 109 km2 (42 sq mi) |
Population (1964) | |
• Total | 964 |
• Density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1016[1] |
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