Solum, Norway
Solum herred | |
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| Adm. Center | Solum |
| Created from | Skien in 1738 |
| Incorporated into | Skien in 1964 |
Solum is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway.
The parish of Solum was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 3,557. Solum is located west of the city Skien, and encompassed districts such as , , , Skotfoss, and . On 1 July 1916 an area with 1,042 inhabitants was moved to Skien, and on 1 July 1920 an area with 1,614 inhabitants was moved to Porsgrunn.
On 1 January 1964 the rest of Solum was incorporated into Skien, along with Gjerpen and Valebø district. Prior to the merger Solum had a population of 13,706.
The name[]
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the farm Solum (Old Norse Sólheimar), since the first church was built there. The first element is sól f 'Sun' (here in the sense 'sunny'), the last element is the plural form of heimr.
References[]
- Dag Juvkam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF). Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Telemark 1801-1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø.
Coordinates: 59°07′31″N 9°35′13″E / 59.1252°N 9.5870°E
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