Hornnes Municipality
Hornnes herred | |
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 View of the local church, Hornnes Church | |
 Aust-Agder within Norway | |
 Hornnes within Aust-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°33′16″N 07°46′23″E / 58.55444°N 7.77306°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Aust-Agder |
| District | Setesdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1886 |
| • Preceded by | Hornnes og Iveland Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1960 |
| • Succeeded by | Evje og Hornnes Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Hornnes |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 378 km2 (146 sq mi) |
| Population (1960) | |
• Total | 1,280 |
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Horndøl[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0936[2] |
Hornnes is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. Hornnes was located in what is now the present-day municipality of Evje og Hornnes in the traditional district of Setesdal in Agder county. The 378-square-kilometre (146 sq mi) municipality of Hornnes existed from 1886 until 1960. The administrative centre was the village of Hornnes where the Hornnes Church is located.[3]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (10 July 2015). "Hornnes". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 May 2017.