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Evje og Hornnes Municipality

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, Dåsnesmoen, Flatebygd, Gautestad, Hornnes, Kjetså, Moi, and Øvre Dåsvatn. Evje og Hornnes was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1960 after the merger of Evje Municipality and Hornnes Municipality. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs north–south through the municipality, along the river Otra.
The 587.08-square-kilometre (226.67 sq mi) municipality is the 190th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Evje og Hornnes Municipality is the 210th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,842. The municipality's population density is 7 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population has increased by 7.3% over the previous 10-year period.