Hornnes og Iveland

Hornnes og Iveland is a former municipality in the old Nedenæs county in Norway. The 640-square-kilometre (250 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1886. It included all of the present-day municipality of Iveland and the western half of the present-day municipality of Evje og Hornnes in the Setesdal region of Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Hornnes where the Hornnes Church is located. The other church in the municipality was the Iveland Church in the village of Birketveit.

Hornnes og Iveland Municipality
Hornnes og Iveland herred
Former municipality
Aust-Agder within Norway
Hornnes og Iveland within Aust-Agder
Coordinates: 58°33′33″N 07°46′24″E
CountryNorway
CountyAust-Agder
DistrictSetesdal
Established1 Jan 1838
  Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1886
  Succeeded byHornnes and Iveland municipalities
Administrative centreHornnes
Area
 (upon dissolution)
  Total640 km2 (250 sq mi)
Population
 (1886)
  Total2,216
  Density3.5/km2 (9.0/sq mi)
DemonymsHorndøl
Ivelending
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0935
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