Sauherad
Sign in to saveSauherad is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It was part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Midt-Telemark Municipality and Notodden Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Akkerhaugen. Other villages in the municipality included Gvarv, Holtsås, Hjukse, Hjuksebø, Nordagutu, and Sauherad. Sauherad bordered the municipalities of Kongsberg, Skien, Nome, Bø, and Notodden.
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Sauherad
- Kommune.former
- yes
- Kommune.former_name
- Saude herred
- Kommune.former_name1
- Søfde herred
- Kommune.image_skyline
- Nesodden, Sauherad, Telemark, Norge - panoramio.jpg
- Kommune.image_caption
- View of Nesodden in Sauherad
- Kommune.idnumber
- 0822
- Kommune.county
- Telemark
- Kommune.district
- Midt-Telemark
- Kommune.capital
- Akkerhaugen
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Kommune.preceded
- none
- Kommune.disestablished
- 1 Jan 2020
- Kommune.succeeded
- Midt-Telemark Municipality
- Kommune.demonym
- Sauhering
- Kommune.language
- Neutral
- Kommune.coatofarms
- Sauherad_komm.svg
- Kommune.mayor
- Mette Haugholt
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- sauhering
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Telemark
- Capital
- Akkerhaugen
- Population
- 4338
- Area
- 0.22831599963972699
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Skien
- Official website
- www.sauherad.kommune.no
- Image
- Lake Norsjo.jpg
- Households
- 75
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- inception
- 1838-00-00
- Commons category
- Sauherad
- topic's main category
- Category:Sauherad
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Midt-Telemark
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2019-12-31
- replaced by
- Midt-Telemark
- language used
- Nynorsk
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Sauherad is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It was part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Midt-Telemark Municipality and Notodden Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Akkerhaugen. Other villages in the municipality included Gvarv, Holtsås, Hjukse, Hjuksebø, Nordagutu, and Sauherad. Sauherad bordered the municipalities of Kongsberg, Skien, Nome, Bø, and Notodden.
Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 265th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Sauherad was the 224th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,293. The municipality's population density was and its population has increased by 0.4% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sauherad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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