Barbu

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This article is about the Norwegian town of Barbu. For the card game see Barbu (game).

Barbu is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. Originally, from 1837, Barbu was a part of Austre Moland formannskapsdistrikt.

On 1 May 1878 Austre Moland was divided to form three municipalities: Barbu, Austre Moland and Tromøy. At that time Barbu had a population of 4,874.

On January 1, 1902 Barbu became a part of Arendal municipality. Before the merger Barbu had a population of 6,787.