Stokken

Stokken kommune
Stokken kommune
	Former Municipality
	View of the local Stokken Church
	Stokken kommune Location of the municipality Stokken kommune Stokken kommune (Norway)
	Coordinates: 58°29′30″N 08°50′38″E
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Aust-Agder
District	Østre Agder
Municipality ID	NO-0917
Adm. Center	Eydehavn
Area [1]
• Total	11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Created from	Austre Moland in 1919
Merged into	Moland in 1962

Stokken is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The 11-square-kilometre (4.2 sq mi) municipality existed from 1919 until 1962 when it was merged into Moland municipality. Today, the area is a part of the present-day municipality of Arendal. 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]

History

Stokken was historically a part of the municipality of Østre Moland since the establishment of that municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 July 1919, Østre Moland was divided into two separate municipalities: Stokken (population: 1,683) and Austre Moland (population: 1,289).

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipalities of Stokken (population: 2,783), Austre Moland (population: 1,607), Flosta (population: 1,205), as well as the Strengereid area of Tvedestrand (population: 375). This created the new municipality of Moland. On 1 January 1992, the municipality of Moland (including the area of Stokken) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Arendal.[2]

References

Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2015-06-24). "Stokken". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

Arendal travel guide from Wikivoyage

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[snl-1] Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2015-06-24). "Stokken". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-11-29.

[Dag-2] Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)