Dypvåg
Dypvåg kommune | |
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 Dypvåg church | |
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| Country | Norway |
| County | Aust-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Municipality ID | NO-0915 |
| Adm. Center | Dypvåg |
| Created from | Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 |
| Merged with | Tvedestrand in 1960 |
Dypvåg is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is currently located within the municipality of Tvedestrand in the traditional region of Sørlandet about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of the village of Tvedestrand.
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Dybvaag (Dypvåg) farm (Old Norse: Djúpvágr or Djúpivágr), since the first church was built there. The first element comes from dype which means "deep" and the last element is våg which means "water" or "harbor".[1]
History
The parish of Dybvaag was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1881, a part of the municipality of Holt (population: 52) was transferred to Dypvåg. Then later, on 1 January 1887, an uninhabited part of neighboring Søndeled municipality was transferred to Dypvåg.
On 1 January 1902, the area of Flosta (population: 1,892) was separated from the rest of Dypvåg (population: 3,235) to form a municipality of its own. On 1 January 1960, the municipality of Dypvåg (population: 1,805) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Holt and Tvedestrand to form a new, enlarged municipality of Tvedestrand which had a population of 6,432.[2]
Notable residents
- Jens Marcussen (1926-2007), politician
- Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr. (1894-1980), theologian
- Peter Olrog Schjøtt (1833-1926), philologist
References
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 36.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
External links
Aust-Agder travel guide from Wikivoyage
