- Evje
Evje is a village and former municipality in
Aust-Agder county, Norway. Evje is the administrative center of the municipality ofEvje og Hornnes .The municipality was created by the split of
Evje og Vegusdal into Hornnes andVegusdal on1 January 1877 . At that time Evje had a population of 870.On
1 January 1960 Evje was merged withHornnes to form the new municipalityEvje og Hornnes . Prior to the merger Hornnes had a population of 1,646. [cite web | author=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.pdf]The urban area Evje, which encompasses the villages Evje,
Evjemoen ,Dåsnesmoen ,Hornnes andKjetså , [cite web | author=Statistics Norway | title=Kart over tettsteder og sentrumsområder 1 January 2005 | date=2005 | format= PDF | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/01/01/20/tettstedkart/fylke09.pdf] has a population of about 3300. [cite web | author=Statistics Norway | title=Figures on Evje og Hornnes Municipality. 1 January 2008 | date=2008 | url=http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0937] .References
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