Hisøy
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Hisøy is an island and a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. Today the island is a part of Arendal municipality.
It was created by a split from Øyestad on 1 January 1881. At that time Hisøy had a population of 2.652.
On 1 January 1992 Hisøy was incorporated into the neighboring municipality Arendal. Prior to the merger Hisøy had a population of 4.026.
Hisøy is an island created by the river Nidelv.
[edit] References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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