Hornnes

Hornnes Municipality
Hornnes herred
View of the local church, Hornnes Church
View of the local church, Hornnes Church
Aust-Agder within Norway
Aust-Agder within Norway
Hornnes within Aust-Agder
Hornnes within Aust-Agder
Coordinates: 58°33′16″N 07°46′23″E / 58.55444°N 7.77306°E / 58.55444; 7.77306
CountryNorway
CountyAust-Agder
DistrictSetesdal
Established1 Jan 1886
 • Preceded byHornnes og Iveland Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1960
 • Succeeded byEvje og Hornnes Municipality
Administrative centreHornnes
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
378 km2 (146 sq mi)
Population
 (1960)
 • Total
1,280
 • Density3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi)
DemonymHorndøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0936[2]

Hornnes is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. Hornnes was located in what is now the present-day municipality of Evje og Hornnes in the traditional district of Setesdal in Agder county. The 378-square-kilometre (146 sq mi) municipality of Hornnes existed from 1886 until 1960. The administrative centre was the village of Hornnes where the Hornnes Church is located.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (10 July 2015). "Hornnes". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 May 2017.