- Evanger
Evanger is a former municipality in
Hordaland county, Norway.It was created by a split from
Voss onJanuary 1 ,1885 . At that time Evanger had a population of 2,045.On
1 January 1964 the districts of Bergsdalen and Eksingedalen with 251 inhabitants were merged withBruvik and a part ofModalen to create the new municipalityVaksdal . The rest of Evanger, with 1,075 inhabitants, was reunited with Voss.The village Evanger is located in the western part of Voss, in the eastern end of the lake
Evangervatnet .United States Senator Knute Nelson was born in Evanger.References
*cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl
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