Nes og Hidra Municipality
Former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway
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Nes og Hitterø or Hitterø og Nes is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 237.8-square-kilometre (91.8 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1893. The area is now part of Flekkefjord Municipality in the traditional district of Lister in Agder county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the small village of Sunde in Nes parish, located just outside the town of Flekkefjord (which was its own separate municipality).[4]
Nes og Hitterø Municipality
Nes og Hitterø herred Hitterø og Nes herred Nes og Hidra Municipality (modern spelling) | |
|---|---|
| Flekkefjord landdistrikt (historic name) | |
View on Hidra | |
 Vest-Agder within Norway | |
 Nes og Hitterø within Vest-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°13′28″N 06°34′43″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Lister |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 8 Oct 1893 |
| • Succeeded by | Nes Municipality and Hitterø Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Nes |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 237.8 km2 (91.8 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 453 m (1,486 ft) |
| Population (1893) | |
• Total | 3,779 |
| • Density | 15.89/km2 (41.16/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Nessokning[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1042[3] |
General information
The municipality of Flekkefjord landdistrikt was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 3,155.[5] The name was changed to Nes og Hitterø Municipality in 1864 (it was also written as Hitterø og Nes Municipality). On 8 October 1893, Nes og Hitterø Municipality was divided to create two new municipalities: Nes Municipality (population: 1,704) in the north and Hitterø Municipality (population: 2,075) in the south. These two municipalities were later merged into Flekkefjord Municipality during the 1960s.[6][4]
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) was originally named Flekkefjord landdistrikt since it was the rural area surrounding the town of Flekkefjord. In 1864, the municipal name was changed to Nes og Hitterø, a compound name literally meaning "Nes and Hitterø". Records show that the name compound name was also sometimes reversed to Hitterø og Nes.[4] After the municipality was dissolved, the name Hitterø was modernized to Hidra in 1917. Since then, the former municipality is sometimes referred to as Nes og Hidra, using the updated name (even though it was never called this during its existence).[7]
The parish of Nes is named after the old Nes farm (Old Norse: Nes) since the first local church (now called Flekkefjord Church) was built at that location. The name is identical to the word nes which means "peninsula", since the farm is located on a peninsula.[8]
The parish of Hitterø is named after the island of Hidra (Old Norse: Hitrar) since the first Hidra Church was built there. The name is the plural form of hitr which means "split" or "cleft" (referring to the fact that the island is almost split in two by the Rasvåg fjord).[4][9]
Churches
The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Nes og Hitterø Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Flekkefjord prestegjeld and the Flekkefjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder.[10]
| Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidra | Hidra Church | Kirkehamn | 1854 |
| Nes | Flekkefjord Church | Flekkefjord | 1859 |
Geography
Government
While it existed, Nes og Hitterø Municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[11] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Flekkefjord District Court and the Agder Court of Appeal.
