Nes og Hidra
{{short description|Former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway}}
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|name = Nes og Hitterø
|herred = yes
|former = yes
|native_name = Hitterø og Nes herred
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|former_name = Flekkefjord landdistrikt
|image_skyline = Hidra 2.jpg
|image_caption = View on Hidra
|idnumber = 1042
|county = Vest-Agder
|district = Lister
|capital = Nes
|established = 1 Jan 1838
|preceded = none
|disestablished = 8 Oct 1893
|succeeded = Nes Municipality and Hitterø Municipality
|demonym = Nessokning
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|area_total_km2 = 240
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Nes og Hitterø or Hitterø og Nes is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. It was located in the southwestern part of the present-day Flekkefjord Municipality in Agder county. It encompassed the Nes peninsula and the island of Hidra (formerly called Hitterø). The {{convert|240|km2|adj=on}} municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1893. The administrative centre of the municipality was the small village of Sunde in Nes parish, located just outside the town of Flekkefjord (which was its own separate municipality).{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Hidra og Nes |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Hidra_og_Nes |date=2022-03-29 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=no |accessdate=2023-08-05}}
History
The municipality of Flekkefjord landdistrikt was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 3,155.{{Cite web |last=Registreringssentral for historiske data |title=Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vest-Agder 1801-1960 |url=http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos10.html |publisher=University of Tromsø |language=Norwegian |access-date=14 October 2006 |archive-date=23 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823214311/http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos10.html |url-status=dead }} The name was changed to Nes og Hitterø Municipality in 1864. On 8 October 1893, Nes og Hitterø Municipality was divided to create two new municipalities: Nes Municipality (population: 1,704) and Hitterø Municipality (population: 2,075). These two municipalities were later merged into Flekkefjord Municipality during the 1960s.{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}
=Name=
The municipality (originally the parish) was originally named Flekkefjord landdistrikt since it was the rural area surrounding the town of Flekkefjord. In 1864, the municipal name was changed to Nes og Hitterø, a compound name literally meaning "Nes and Hitterø". Records show that the name compound name was also sometimes reversed to Hitterø og Nes. After the municipality was dissolved, the name Hitterø was modernized to Hidra in 1917. Since then, the former municipality is sometimes referred to as Nes og Hidra, using the updated name (even though it was never called this during its existence).{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=Norsk Lovtidend |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}
The parish of Nes is named after the old Nes farm ({{langx|non|Nes}}) since the first local church (now called Flekkefjord Church) was built at that location. The name is identical to the word {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "peninsula", since the farm is located on a peninsula.{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt |date=1912 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=9 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=315 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}
The parish of Hitterø is named after the island of Hidra ({{langx|non|Hitrar}}) since the first Hidra Church was built there. The name is the plural form of {{lang|non|hitr}} which means "split" or "cleft" (referring to the fact that the island is almost split in two by the Rasvåg fjord).{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt |date=1912 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=9 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=303 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}} {{see also|Hitra Municipality#Name}}
See also
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External links
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Category:Former municipalities of Norway