Fjære Municipality
Sign in to saveFjære is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1846 until 1971. It was located to the north of the town of Grimstad. The name is still used to refer to that area, which is now a part of Grimstad municipality in Agder county. The administrative centre of Fjære was the village of Vik, just east of the historic Fjære Church. Other villages in Fjære included Fevik, Dømmesmoen, Frivold, Kroken, and Rønnes.
Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- fjæresokning
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Aust-Agder
- Area
- 60.4
- Image
- Drotningborg - no-nb digifoto 20151021 00062 NB MIT FNR 10084 A (cropped).jpg
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1971-01-01
- inception
- 1846-01-01
- separated from
- Øyestad Municipality
- merged into
- Grimstad
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Grimstad
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Name
- Government
- Mayors
- Municipal council
- Attractions
- Fjære Church
- See also
- References
- External links
Fjære is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1846 until 1971. It was located to the north of the town of Grimstad. The name is still used to refer to that area, which is now a part of Grimstad municipality in Agder county. The administrative centre of Fjære was the village of Vik, just east of the historic Fjære Church. Other villages in Fjære included Fevik, Dømmesmoen, Frivold, Kroken, and Rønnes.
==History== thumb|left|Map of Fjære municipality The municipality of Fjære was created in 1846 when the old municipality of Øyestad was divided. Initially, Fjære had a population of 2,806. The first municipal council met at a farmhouse at Bringsvær, north of Vik. In 1886, the council began meeting in the village of Vik.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fjære Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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