Fjære

Fjære is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

It was created by a split from Øyestad in 1846. At that time Fjære had a population of 2,806. Parts of Fjære were moved to the neighboring municipality Grimstad in 1878 and 1960.

On 1 January 1971 the rest of Fjære was incorporated into Grimstad. Prior to the merger Fjære had a population of 6,189.

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