Evje
Evje kommune | |
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 View of the local church | |
  Evje kommune Location of the municipality  Evje kommune Evje kommune (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 58°35′06″N 07°48′30″E / 58.58500°N 7.80833°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Southern Norway |
| County | Aust-Agder |
| District | Setesdal |
| Municipality ID | NO-0937 |
| Adm. Center | Evje |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Created from | Evje og Vegusdal in 1877 |
| Merged into | Evje og Hornnes in 1960 |
Evje is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The municipality was located in what is now the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Evje og Hornnes in the Setesdal valley region. The administrative centre was the village of Evje where the Evje Church is located.[1] The lake Høvringsvatnet is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the village.
History
The municipality of Evje was created by the split of the municipality of Evje og Vegusdal into Evje (population: 870) and Vegusdal (population: 935) on 1 January 1877. Then, on 1 January 1960, Evje (population: 1,646) was merged with the neighboring municipality of Hornnes (population: 1,280) to form the new municipality of Evje og Hornnes.[2]
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) of Evje is named after an old Evje farm (Old Norse: Efja), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word efja which means "eddy", probably referring to the nearby river Otra.[3]
Notable residents
- Torvald Haavardstad (1893–1965), a Norwegian politician
- Helena Iren Michaelsen (born 1977), a Norwegian rock singer
References
- ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2009-02-15). "Evje – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 193.
External links
Aust-Agder travel guide from Wikivoyage
