Hornnes Municipality
former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway
Hornnes is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county, Norway. The 381-square-kilometre (147 sq mi) municipality existed from 1886 until its dissolution in 1960. The area is now part of Evje og Hornnes Municipality in the traditional district of Setesdal in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Hornnes where Hornnes Church is located. Other villages in the municipality included Dåsnesmoen, Kjetså, Moi, and Øvre Dåsvatn.
Prior to its dissolution in 1960, the 381-square-kilometre (147 sq mi) municipality was the 237th largest by area out of the 743 municipalities in Norway. Hornnes Municipality was the 601st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,282. The municipality's population density was 3.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.8/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 5% over the previous 10-year period.
General information
The municipality of Hornnes was established on 1 January 1886 when the old Hornnes og Iveland Municipality was divided into two separate municipalities: the northern district (population: 1,113) became the new Hornnes Municipality and the southern district (population: 1,103) became the new Iveland Municipality.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee.
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