Gjerpen

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Gjerpen is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway.

The municipality was created as Gjerpen formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 4,381. Gjerpen was located east of the city Skien, and encompassed districts such as Borgestad, Bøle, Gulset and Luksefjell. On 1 July 1916 an area with 1,332 inhabitants was moved to Skien, and on 1 July 1920 an area with 437 inhabitants was moved to Porsgrunn.

On 1 January 1964 the rest of Gjerpen was incorporated into Skien, along with Solum and the district Valebø. Prior to the merger Gjerpen had a population of 15,300.

[edit] References

• Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
• Registreringssentral for historiske data. Hjemmehørende folkemengde Telemark 1801-1960. University of Tromsø. (Norwegian)