Evje
Former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway. For the village in Evje og Hornnes, Norway, see Evje (village).
Evje is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 177-square-kilometre (68 sq mi) municipality[3] existed from 1877 until 1960. It was located in what is now the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Evje og Hornnes in the Setesdal valley of Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Evje where the Evje Church is located.[4] The lake Høvringsvatnet is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the village.
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Evje Municipality
Evje herred | |
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Coordinates: 58°35′06″N 07°48′30″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Aust-Agder |
District | Setesdal |
Established | 1 Jan 1877 |
• Preceded by | Evje og Vegusdal Municipality |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1960 |
• Succeeded by | Evje og Hornnes Municipality |
Administrative centre | Evje |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 177 km2 (68 sq mi) |
Population (1960) | |
• Total | 1,646 |
• Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Demonym | Evdøl[1] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-0937[2] |
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