Eide, Aust-Agder
| Eide kommune | |
|---|---|
| Former Municipality | |
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Eide church | |
| Coordinates: 58°16′11″N 08°28′41″E / 58.26972°N 8.47806°ECoordinates: 58°16′11″N 08°28′41″E / 58.26972°N 8.47806°E | |
| 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
- Reidar Haave Olsen (1923-1944), pilot
See also
- Eiði: Village in the Faroe Islands with a name, sharing Eide's etymology
References
- ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 139.
- ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
External links
Aust-Agder travel guide from Wikivoyage
The dictionary definition of Eide at Wiktionary- Population data from Statistics Norway