Stokken
Former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stokken is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 11-square-kilometre (4.2 sq mi) municipality existed from 1919 until 1962 when it was merged into the newly-created Moland municipality. Today, the area is a part of the present-day municipality of Arendal in Agder county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Eydehavn. The Stokken Church was the main church for the small municipality located just outside the town of Arendal.[1]
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Stokken Municipality
Stokken herred | |
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Coordinates: 58°29′30″N 08°50′38″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Aust-Agder |
District | Østre Agder |
Established | 1 July 1919 |
• Preceded by | Austre Moland Municipality |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1962 |
• Succeeded by | Moland Municipality |
Administrative centre | Eydehavn |
Area (upon dissolution)[1] | |
• Total | 11 km2 (4 sq mi) |
Population (1962) | |
• Total | 2,783 |
• Density | 250/km2 (660/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-0917[2] |
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