Evje Municipality
Evje herred | |
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 View of the local church | |
 Aust-Agder within Norway | |
 Evje within Aust-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°35′06″N 07°48′30″E / 58.58500°N 7.80833°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] |
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.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Kiær, Anders Nicolai; Helland, Amund; Vibe, Johan; Strøm, Boye (1904). Norges land og folk: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian). Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 368. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (15 February 2009). "Evje – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 May 2017.