Country Norway District Sørlandet | County Aust-Agder Municipality ID NO-0935 | |
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 Divided into Hornnes and Iveland in 1886 Weather 5°C, Wind SW at 24 km/h, 85% Humidity | ||
Hornnes og Iveland is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipalities of Evje og Hornnes and Iveland in the Setesdal region.
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Name
The municipality is an amalgamation of the names of two local parishes: Hornnes and Iveland.
The parish of Hornnes is named after an old Hornnes farm (Old Norse: Hornnes), since the first church was built there. The first element is horn which means "horn" and the last element is nes which means "headland". So the meaning of Hornnes is "the headland shaped like a horn".
The parish of Iveland is named after the old Iveland farm (Old Norse: Ífuland), since the first church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Ífa (now Frøysåna) and the last element is land which means "land" or "farm". The old river name is probably derived from the Norse word ýr which means "yew" (Taxus baccata).
History
The parish of Hordnæs og Iveland was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 1,848. On 1 January 1886, Hornnes og Iveland was divided to create two separate municipalities: Hornnes (population: 1,113) and Iveland (population: 1,103). The municipality of Iveland still exists today, while Hornnes currently a part of the municipality of Evje og Hornnes.