Evje
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Evje is a village and former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. Evje is the administrative center of the municipality of Evje og Hornnes.
The municipality was created by the split of Evje og Vegusdal into Hornnes and Vegusdal on 1 January 1877. At that time Evje had a population of 870.
On 1 January 1960 Evje was merged with Hornnes to form the new municipality Evje og Hornnes. Prior to the merger Hornnes had a population of 1,646. [1]
The urban area Evje, which encompasses the villages Evje, Evjemoen, Dåsnesmoen, Hornnes and Kjetså,[2] has a population of about 3300.[3].
[edit] References
- ^ Statistics Norway (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen.
- ^ Statistics Norway (2005). Kart over tettsteder og sentrumsområder 1 January 2005 (PDF).
- ^ Statistics Norway (2008). Figures on Evje og Hornnes Municipality. 1 January 2008.