Dypvåg

Dypvåg is a former municipality in 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. 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.[1]

This article is about the former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway. For the village in Tvedestrand, Norway, see Dypvåg (village).
Dypvåg kommune
Dybvaag herred
Former Municipality
View of the local church
Dypvåg kommune
Dybvaag herred
Location of the municipality
Dypvåg kommune
Dybvaag herred
Dypvåg kommune
Dybvaag herred (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°37′34″N 09°03′08″E
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyAust-Agder
DistrictØstre Agder
Municipality IDNO-0915
Adm. CenterDypvåg
Area
 • Total15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Created asFormannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged intoTvedestrand in 1960

History

The parish of Dybvaag (later spelled "Dypvåg") was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1881, a part of the municipality of Holt (population: 52) was transferred to Dypvåg. Then later, on 1 January 1887, an uninhabited part of neighboring Søndeled municipality was transferred to Dypvåg. On 1 January 1902, the western half of Dypvåg (population: 1,892) was separated from the rest of Dypvåg (population: 3,235) to form the new municipality of Flosta.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1960, the municipality of Dypvåg (population: 1,805) was merged with the neighboring municipality of Holt and the town of Tvedestrand to form a new, enlarged municipality of Tvedestrand which had a population of 6,432.[2]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Dybvaag farm (Old Norse: Djúpvágr or Djúpivágr) in what is now the village of Dypvåg, since the first Dypvåg Church was built there. The first element comes from dype which means "deep" and the last element is våg which means "water" or "harbor". The spelling of the name was changed from Dybvaag to Dypvåg around the beginning of the 20th century.[3]

Notable residents

References
  1. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2015-07-24). "Dypvåg – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 36.
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