Dypvåg
Former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway. For the village in Tvedestrand, Norway, see Dypvåg (village).
Dypvåg is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county, Norway. The 15-square-kilometre (5.8 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Tvedestrand which is in Agder county. The small municipality included the coastal area about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of the town of Tvedestrand and several islands located just offshore. The administrative centre was the village of Dypvåg where the Dypvåg Church is located.[4]
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Dypvåg Municipality
Dypvåg herred | |
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Dyvåg herred (historic name) Dyvaag herred (historic name) Dybvaag herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 58°37′34″N 09°03′08″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Aust-Agder |
District | Østre Agder |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1960 |
• Succeeded by | Tvedestrand Municipality |
Administrative centre | Dypvåg |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 15 km2 (6 sq mi) |
Population (1960) | |
• Total | 1,805 |
• Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål[2] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-0915[3] |
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