Austre Moland
Austre Moland (historic: Østre Moland) is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The roughly 72-square-kilometre (28 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1962 when it was merged with several neighboring municipalities to form the new municipality of Moland. It is now part of the municipality of Arendal in Agder county. The administrative centre was at Brekka where the Austre Moland Church is located.
Austre Moland Municipality
Austre Moland herred | |
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Former municipality | |
| Østre Moland herred (historic name) | |
View of the local lake Molandsvannet | |
Aust-Agder within Norway | |
Austre Moland within Aust-Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°32′37″N 08°48′42″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Aust-Agder |
| District | Østre Agder |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1962 |
| • Succeeded by | Moland Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Brekka |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 72 km2 (28 sq mi) |
| Population (1962) | |
| • Total | 1,607 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Molending |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0918 |
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