Herefoss (municipality)

Herefoss Municipality
Herefoss herred
Hegrefoss herred  (historic name)
View of the village of Herefoss
View of the village of Herefoss
Aust-Agder within Norway
Aust-Agder within Norway
Herefoss within Aust-Agder
Herefoss within Aust-Agder
Coordinates: 58°31′27″N 8°21′04″E / 58.5243°N 08.3511°E / 58.5243; 08.3511
CountryNorway
CountyAust-Agder
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1967
 • Succeeded byBirkenes Municipality
Administrative centreHerefoss
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total148 km2 (57 sq mi)
Population
 (1967)
 • Total585
 • Density4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0933[1]

Herefoss is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1967 when it was merged into Birkenes municipality in what is now Agder county. Herefoss was a 148-square-kilometre (57 sq mi) area surrounding the Herefossfjorden (part of the river Tovdalselva). The administrative centre was the village of Herefoss where the Herefoss Church is located. The other main village was Søre Herefoss, located in the southern part of the municipality.[2]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (29 January 2016). "Herefoss". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 June 2017.