Place:Fjære, Aust-Agder, Norway

NameFjære
TypeFormer municipality
Located inAust-Agder, Norway
Also located inGrimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway     (1971 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Fevik
source: Family History Library Catalog


Fjære was both a municipality and a parish in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


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Fjære is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1846 until 1971. It was located to the north of the town of Grimstad. The name is still used to refer to that area, which is now a part of Grimstad municipality in Agder county. The administrative centre of Fjære was the village of Vik, just east of the historic Fjære Church. Other villages in Fjære included Fevik, Dømmesmoen, Frivold, Kroken, and Rønnes.

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