Eide, Aust-Agder

This article is about the former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway. For other uses, see Eide (disambiguation).
Eide kommune
Former Municipality

Eide church
Coordinates: 58°16′11″N 08°28′41″E / 58.26972°N 8.47806°E / 58.26972; 8.47806Coordinates: 58°16′11″N 08°28′41″E / 58.26972°N 8.47806°E / 58.26972; 8.47806
Country Norway
County Aust-Agder
District Sørlandet
Municipality ID NO-0925
Adm. Center Eide
Created from Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged with Landvik in 1962

Eide is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is currently located within the municipality of Grimstad in the traditional district of Sørlandet. Eide had an area of 32.4 square kilometres (12.5 sq mi), of which 29.2 square kilometres (11.3 sq mi) is mainland.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Eide farm (Old Norse: Eið), since the first church was built there. The name is identical to the word eid which means "isthmus" because it is located between two bodies of water, the Fosdalskilen and Engekilen.[1]

History

The municipality of Eide was created on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1962, the area of Gitmarkgårdene, with 22 inhabitants, was incorporated into the neighboring municipality of Lillesand. The rest of the municipality of Eide, with 504 inhabitants, was merged into the neighboring municipality of Landvik. Later, in 1971, Landvik was incorporated into the municipality of Grimstad.[2]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 139.
  2. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

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