Eiken, Norway

Eiken herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Eiken church
Coordinates:
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-1035
Adm. Center Eiken
Created from Hægebostad in 1916
Merged with Hægebostad in 1963

Eiken is a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Hægebostad along the lake Lygne.

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Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Eiken farm (Old Norse: Æke). The name of the farm means "oak tree".[1]

History

In 1838, Hægebostad formannskapsdistrikt was created with the district of Eiken constituting the northern part of the municipality. On 1 January 1916, the municipality was divided into two separate municipalities: Eiken (population: 932) and Hægebostad (population: 867).

On 1 January 1963, the two municipalities were reunited and together formed the municipality of Hægebostad. Before the merger the population of Eiken was 784.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 264. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=149661&avid=33779. 
  2. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999) (in Norwegian) (PDF). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf. 

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