Flosta (historic: ''Flougstad'') is a former municipality in the old

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...

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. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1962. It is currently part of the municipality of

Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

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county. The

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of Flosta was at Staubø in the village of

Kilsund Kilsund is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Tverrdalsøya, although the village has grown over the bridge onto the nearby island of Flostaøya a short distance to the south. The ...

. The municipality primarily encompassed the two islands of

Flostaøya Flostaøya is an island in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The island lies along the Skaggerak coast between the islands of Tromøy to the southwest and Tverrdalsøya to the northeast. The island lies about northeast of the tow ...

and

Tverrdalsøya Tverrdalsøya is an island in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The island lies between the Oksefjorden, Eikelandsfjorden, and Kilsundet straits just off the mainland coast at the entrance to the Tvedestrandsfjorden which leads no ...

and about on the mainland just north of the islands including the villages of Eikeland,

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, and Vatnebu.

History

The municipality of Dybvaag was established on 1 January 1838 (see

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law), and this municipality included all of what would later become Flosta municipality. On 1 January 1902, the new municipality of Flosta was established when the islands of

and

and some of the mainland north of those islands (population: 1,892) separated from the municipality of Dybvaag. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1962, the municipalities of

Stokken Stokken is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1919 until 1962 when it was merged into the newly-created Moland municipality. Today, the area is a part of the present-day municipality of ...

(population: 2,783),

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(population: 1,607), and Flosta (population: 1,205) as well as

Strengereid Strengereid is a village in the municipality of Arendal in Agder county, Norway. It is located along the Norwegian County Road 410, about northeast of the village of Eydehavn and just west of the island of Flostaøya. The village of Sagene lies ...

area in neighboring

Tvedestrand is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the town of Tvedestrand. There are many villages in the municipality including Dypvåg, Fiane, Gjeving, Gødders ...

(population: 375) were all merged to create the new municipality of

Moland Moland is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1962 until 1992 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Arendal which is located in what is now Agder county. The administr ...

. Later, on 1 January 1992, Moland (including the area of Flosta) was merged into the municipality of Arendal.

Name

The name of the municipality (originally the

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and the church) comes from the old name for the

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( non, Flóstr) since this is where the historic church is located.

Government

The

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of Flosta was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

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* {{use dmy dates, date=December 2020 Arendal Former municipalities of Norway 1902 establishments in Norway 1962 disestablishments in Norway

History

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