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Iveland
Iveland is a municipality in Agder County, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Birketveit. Other villages in the municipality include Bakken, Skaiå, and Vatnestrøm. The municipality is the 279th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Iveland is the 308th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,323. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 1.9% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality was established on 1 January 1886, when the old municipality of Hornnes og Iveland was split into two municipalities: Iveland (population 1103) and Hornnes (population 1113). The municipal boundaries have not changed since that time. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Iveland'' farm ( non, Ífuland), which is now part of Birketveit, since the first Iveland Church w ...
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Hornnes Og Iveland
Hornnes og Iveland is a former municipality in the old Nedenæs county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1886. It included all of the present-day municipality of Iveland and the western half of the present-day municipality of Evje og Hornnes in the Setesdal region of Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Hornnes where the Hornnes Church is located. The other church in the municipality was the Iveland Church in the village of Birketveit. History The parish of ''Hordnæs og Iveland'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 1,848. On 1 January 1886, Hornnes og Iveland was divided to create two separate municipalities: Hornnes (population: 1,113) and Iveland (population: 1,103). The municipality of Iveland still exists today, while Hornnes currently a part of the municipality of Evje og Hornnes. ...
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Iveland Church
Iveland Church ( no, Iveland kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Iveland Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Birketveit. It is the church for the Iveland parish which is part of the Otredal prosti ( deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1837 by Anders Thorsen Syrtveit who used plans drawn up by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 350 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1426, but the church was not new that year. The first church was likely a stave church that was probably built during the 14th century. Around the year 1500, the old church was torn down and a new timber-framed church was built on the same site. In 1680, the church was enlarged. In 1723, the King sold the church into private ownership. After a few years, the parish purchased the building so it was then owned by the congre ...
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Birketveit
Birketveit is the administrative centre of Iveland municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about north of the villages of Skaiå and Bakken and about to the west of the village of Vatnestrøm. The Iveland Church Iveland Church ( no, Iveland kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Iveland Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Birketveit. It is the church for the Iveland parish which is part of the Otredal pr ... is located on the south end of the village. The small lake ''Birketveitstjønna'' lies on the west side of the village. The municipal government building is located here and it houses a small mineral/mining museum. There is also a municipal sports hall in Birketveit. References Villages in Agder Iveland Setesdal {{AustAgder-geo-stub ...
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Skaiå
Skaiå is a village in Iveland municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the river Otra The Otra is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It begins in Setesdalsheiene mountains at the lake Breidvatnet in Bykle municipality in Agder county, just south of the border with Vinje municipality in Vestfold og Telemark cou ..., and it is about south of the village of Bakken. References Villages in Agder Iveland Setesdal {{Agder-geo-stub ...
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Bakken, Agder
Bakken is a village in Iveland municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about north of the village of Skaiå and about south of the municipal centre of Birketveit Birketveit is the administrative centre of Iveland municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about north of the villages of Skaiå and Bakken and about to the west of the village of Vatnestrøm. The Iveland Church Ivel .... References Villages in Agder Iveland Setesdal {{Agder-geo-stub ...
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Otredal Prosti
This list of churches in Agder og Telemark is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark in Agder and Vestfold og Telemark counties in southern Norway. The diocese is based at the Kristiansand Cathedral in the city of Kristiansand. The diocese includes all of Agder county and the majority of Vestfold og Telemark county, with the exception of the far eastern part of that county which belongs to the Diocese of Tunsberg. This list is divided into nine sections, one for each Deanery ( no, prosti) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches are divided by municipalities, each of which have their own church council (). Each municipal church council may be made up of more than one parish (), each of which may have their own council (). Each parish may have one or more congregations in it. Kristiansand domprosti This arch-deanery covers all the churches within the municipality of Kristiansand in southern Agder county. The arch ...
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Vatnestrøm
Vatnestrøm is a village in Iveland municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is along Norwegian County Road 405, on the western shore of the lake Ogge. The municipal centre of Birketveit Birketveit is the administrative centre of Iveland municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about north of the villages of Skaiå and Bakken and about to the west of the village of Vatnestrøm. The Iveland Church Ivel ... lies about northwest and the village of Oggevatn in the neighboring municipality of Birkenes lies about northeast. References Villages in Agder Iveland Setesdal {{Agder-geo-stub ...
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Hornnes
Hornnes is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. Hornnes was located in what is now the present-day municipality of Evje og Hornnes in the traditional district of Setesdal in Agder county. The municipality of Hornnes existed from 1886 until 1960. The administrative centre was the village of Hornnes where the Hornnes Church is located. History The municipality of Hornnes was created on 1 January 1886 when the old municipality of Hornnes og Iveland was divided into two separate municipalities: Hornnes (population: 1,113) and Iveland (population: 1,103). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1960, Hornnes was merged with the neighboring municipality of Evje to form a new municipality called Evje og Hornnes (literally "Evje and Hornnes"). Prior to the merger Hornnes had a population of 1,280. Name The municipality (originally the parish) of Hornnes is named after an old ' ...
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List Of Municipalities Of Norway
Norway is divided into 11 administrative regions, called county, counties (''fylker'' in Norwegian, singular: ''fylke''), and 356 municipality, municipalities (''kommuner/-ar'', singular: ''kommune'' – cf. Municipality#communes, communes). The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality. Municipalities are the atomic unit of local government in Norway and are responsible for primary education (until 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. Law enforcement and Church of Norway, church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous consolidation. In 1930, there were 747 municipalities in Norway. As of 2020 there are 356 municipalities, a reduction from 422. See the list of former municipalities of Norway for further detail about municipal mergers. The consolidation effort is complicated by a n ...
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Agder
Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south country, south land, southland") has been commonly used for this region, sometimes with the inclusion of neighbouring Rogaland. Before that time, the area was considered a part of Western Norway. The area was a medieval petty kingdom, and after Norway's unification became known as ''Egdafylki'' and later ''Agdesiden'', a county within the kingdom of Norway. The name Agder was not used after 1662, when the area was split into smaller governmental units called Nedenæs, Råbyggelaget, Lister, and Mandal. The name was resurrected in 1919 when two counties of Norway that roughly corresponded to the old Agdesiden county were renamed Aust-Agder (East Agder) and Vest-Agder (West Agder). Even before the two counties joined in 2020, they cooperate ...
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Setesdal
Setesdal (; older name: Sætersdal) is a valley and a traditional district in Agder County in southern Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Bykle, Valle, Bygland, Iveland, and Evje og Hornnes. The Otra river flows through the valley of Setesdal into the sea near Kristiansand. It flows southward from the Hardangervidda plateau in Telemark. The historic Setesdal starts at Evje and extends as far as the farm Bjåen, at the edge of the traditional region of Telemark. Øvre (Upper) Setesdal is in the municipality of Bykle. The municipalities of Iveland, Evje & Hornes and Bygland comprise the Nedre (Lower) Setesdal. Valle municipality is in the middle of the Setesdal valley. Norwegian National Road 9 runs through Setesdal. Etymology The oldest Norse form of the name was just ''Setr'', and this was later replaced by ''Setrsdalr'' ('the dale/valley of Setr'). The common word ''setr'' has the meaning 'homestead, farm' – and ''Setr'' was probably originally the n ...
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Setesdal Line
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