Evje is the

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Evje og Hornnes Evje og Hornnes 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 Evje. Other villages in the municipality include Åneland, Dåsnesmo ...

municipality in

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 ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The village is located along 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 count ...

. It sits along the

Norwegian National Road 9 Norwegian National Road 9 ( no, Riksvei 9, ) is often called the ''Setesdal Road'' ( no, Setesdalsveien) and it is the main thoroughfare through the Setesdalen valley. It runs from the city of Kristiansand in the southern coast of Norway, throu ...

, about south of the village of

Byglandsfjorden Byglandsfjorden is a lake in Agder county, Norway. The lake lies on the river Otra, primarily in the municipality of Bygland, but the far southern tip of the lake extends into the neighboring municipality of Evje og Hornnes. The river flows ou ...

and immediately north of

Evjemoen Evjemoen was a Norwegian military camp in use from 1912 to 2002. The camp lies south of the village of Evje in Evje og Hornnes municipality in Agder county. From 1953 to 1995, Evjemoen was used as a training area for the ''Infanteriets øvingsavdeli ...

, a former military base. Historically, the village of Evje was the

of the municipality of

Evje og Vegusdal Evje og Vegusdal is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1877. It was located in the Setesdal region in parts of the present-day municipalities of Evje og Hor ...

from 1838 until 1877, then from 1877 until 1960 it was the administrative centre of the municipality of

Evje Evje is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1877 until 1960. It was located in what is now the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Evje og Hornnes in the Setesdal valley of Ag ...

, and since then it has been the centre of

municipality. The

Evje Church Evje Church ( no, Evje kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Evje og Hornnes Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located at the north end of the village of Evje. It is one of the churches for the Evje og Hornnes parish whic ...

lies on the north end of the village on the east shore of the river Otra, and the

Hornnes Church Hornnes Church ( no, Hornnes kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Evje og Hornnes Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hornnes. It is one of the churches for the Evje og Hornnes parish which is pa ...

lies about to the south on the west shore of the river Otra. Hornnes Church is actually located in the small village of

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 e ...

which is considered a part of the Evje urban area. Other villages in the urban area of Evje include

Dåsnesmoen Dåsnesmoen or Dåsnesmonen is a village in Evje og Hornnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the west shore of the river Otra, north of the villages of Hornnes and Kjetså and southwest of the village of Evje. The No ...

, and

Kjetså Kjetså is a village in Evje og Hornnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the river Otra, just south of the villages of Hornnes and Dåsnesmoen Dåsnesmoen or Dåsnesmonen is a village in Evje o ...

. The urban area of Evje has a population (2016) of 2,428 which gives the it a

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of .

Name

The municipality (originally the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

) of Evje is named after an old ''Evje'' farm (

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: ''Efja''), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word ''efja'' which means "

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References

Villages in Agder Evje og Hornnes {{Agder-geo-stub