Øvrebø og Hægeland Municipality
former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway
Øvrebø og Hægeland is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 303-square-kilometre (117 sq mi) municipality existed from 1865 until its dissolution in 1896. The area is now part of Vennesla Municipality in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Øvrebø, where Øvrebø Church is located.
General information
The municipality of Øvrebø og Hægeland was established on 1 January 1861 when the old Øvrebø Municipality was divided into two separate municipalities: the southeastern district (population: 1,103) became the new Vennesla Municipality and the rest of the old municipality (population: 1,829) became the new Øvrebø og Hægeland Municipality. The new Øvrebø og Hægeland Municipality existed for only 35 years before it was dissolved. On 1 July 1896, it was divided to create two new municipalities: the southern district (population: 888) became the new Øvrebø Municipality and the northern district (population: 843) became the new Hægeland Municipality. (Later, in 1964, both Øvrebø and Hægeland were merged into Vennesla Municipality.)
Name
In 1861, the parishes of Øvrebø and Hægeland were put together to form this municipality and it was given the compound name Øvrebø og Hægeland, literally meaning "Øvrebø and Hægeland".
The parish of Øvrebø is named after the old Øvrebø farm (Old Norse: Øfribœr) since the first Øvrebø Church was built there. The first element comes from the word øfri which means "upper".
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