- Herefoss
Herefoss is a village and former municipality in
Aust-Agder county, Norway.The parish of "Heirefos" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ). On1 January 1967 Herefoss was incorporated intoBirkenes municipality along withVegusdal . Prior to the merger Herefoss had a population of 585. In 1900 610 people lived in on 67 different farms.Herefoss was the seat public officials in the district. The fut ("fogd") resided here from 1680 to 1820, and the
sorenskriver (district judge) from 1724 to 1852. Herefoss was established as aprestegjeld in 1875. Herefoss church was consecrated by bishopJacob von der Lippe in 1865.Herefoss used to have a train station on the
Sørlandsbanen . It was opened on 22 June 1938, but the use was discontinued in 1989, however, the station building is still standing.The name
The first documented occurrence of the name "Hegrafoss" stems from
1487 .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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