Eydehavn or Eydehamn is a village in the municipality of

Arendal Arendal () is a municipality in Agder county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Arendal (which is also the seat of Agder county). Some of the not ...

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county,

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. The village is located about northeast of the centre of the town of Arendal, about northeast of the village of

Saltrød Saltrød is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the Norwegian County Road 410, about northeast of the town of Arendal and about southwest of the village of Eydehavn. The village lies along ...

, about south of the village of Strengereid, and just across the Tromøysundet strait from Kongshamn on the island of Tromøy. The village is named after Sam Eyde, the Norwegian

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and

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. The local sports team is called IL Sørfjell and have teen teams in a variety of sports. Eydehavn has about 1,100 residents as of 2015.

History

Eydehavn grew up around a

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factory and an

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factory starting around 1912. The village became quite the industrial hub for the area. In 1919, when a new municipality; Stokken was created, the village of Eydehavn was chosen to be the

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. In 1962, Stokken municipality was merged with some other areas and together they formed the new municipality of Moland. Eydehavn was chosen to be the administrative centre of Moland. In 1992, Moland was incorporated into the municipality of

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* {{use dmy dates, date=November 2020 Villages in Agder Arendal