Evje og Vegusdal is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 510-square-kilometre (200 sq mi)[2] municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1877. It was located in the Setesdal region in parts of the present-day municipalities of Evje og Hornnes and Birkenes. The administrative centre was the village of Evje where the Evje Church is located.
Evje og Vegusdal herred | |
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Former municipality | |
Evje Church cemetery and farm | |
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![]() Evje og Vegusdal within Aust-Agder | |
Coordinates: 58.5897°N 08.0104°E / 58.5897; 08.0104 | |
Country | Norway |
County | Aust-Agder |
District | Setesdal |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1877 |
• Succeeded by | Evje and Vegusdal municipalities |
Administrative centre | Evje |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 510 km2 (200 sq mi) |
Demonyms | Evdøl Veggdøl[1] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-0934 |
The parish of Evje og Vegusdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 1,627.[3] On 1 January 1877, Evje og Vegusdal was divided to create two separate municipalities: Evje with a population of 870 and Vegusdal with a population of 935. These two municipalities later became parts of Evje og Hornnes and Birkenes respectively.[4]
The municipality (originally the parish) of Evje og Vegusdal is named after the farms Evje and Vegusdal. The old Evje farm (Old Norse: Efja) is where the first Evje Church was built. The name is identical with the word efja which means "eddy", probably referring to the river Otra that runs past it.[5] The old Vegusdal farm (Old Norse: Veikolfsdalr) is derived from the old male name, Veikolfr meaning "weak Ullfr" and the second part is the word dalr which means "valley", hence the "valley of weak Ullfr".[6]
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