Gjerpen

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Gjerpen is a former municipality in the southeast of the province of Telemark (merged into Vestfold og Telemark in 2020 ) in Norway and has been part of the municipality of Skien since 1964 .

Districts in the municipality of Skien

history

The church of Gjerpen

The municipality of Gjerpen, east of the core town of Skien, was established on January 1, 1838. At the time of the census of 1835 it had 4,381 inhabitants; in 1900 there were 7,162. In 1950 their number had grown to 11,994. As early as July 1, 1916, part of the municipality with 1,332 residents was incorporated into Skien, and on July 1, 1920 another part with 437 residents came to Porsgrunn . Since then, the municipality has included the districts of Borgestad, Bøle, Gulset and Luksefjell, all of which were incorporated into Skien on January 1, 1964, as well as Breidablikk, Borge and Hovenga in the south. These three were assigned to the municipality of Porsgrunn after civil protests in 1968. Before the incorporation, Gjerpen had a population of around 15,300. Today's Gjerpen district therefore only comprises a small part of the former municipality.

economy

The valley of Gjerpen (Gjerpendalen) with the nature reserve Børsesjø is considered one of the most fertile agricultural areas in Norway, and the main industries are agriculture and forestry.

church

The church of Gjerpen, built in 1153 and restored several times in 1781, 1871, 1920 and 2004, is one of the oldest in the country. Is the grave of the former cemetery on its prime minister (1942-1945) and Nazi - collaborator Vidkun Quisling .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Registreringssentral for Historiske Data. Hjemmehørende folkemengde Telemark 1801-1960 . University of Tromsø. http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos08.html.University  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of Tromsø@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rhd.uit.no  
  2. ↑ Dag Jukvam: Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl.Statistics  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Norway, Oslo, 1999@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ssb.no  

Coordinates: 59 ° 13 '  N , 9 ° 37'  E