Holt Municipality
Holt herred | |
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 View of Holt Church | |
 Aust-Agder within Norway | |
 Holt within Aust-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°36′24″N 08°52′16″E / 58.60667°N 8.87111°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Aust-Agder |
| District | Østre Agder |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1960 |
| • Succeeded by | Tvedestrand Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Fiane |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 176 km2 (68 sq mi) |
| Population (1960) | |
| • Total | 3,759 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Holting[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0914[2] |
Holt is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 176-square-kilometre (68 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Tvedestrand which is now in Agder county. The administrative centre of Holt was located just south of the village of Fiane where Holt Church is located.[3]
Holt Church probably dates from the twelfth century and has an ancient baptismal font. The interior was decorated by Torsten Hoff. The Nordkalottruta trail runs through the Holt area in Tvedestrand.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (24 July 2015). "Holt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2018.