Stokken is a former municipality in Aust-Agder

Aust-Agder

is a county in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland, and Vest-Agder. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which is 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area is . The administrative center of the county is in Arendal....

 county

Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located in the present-day municipality of Arendal

Arendal

is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet.The town of Arendal is the administrative center the municipality and also of Aust-Agder county...

 in the Sørlandet region

Districts of Norway

The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords,...

. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Eydehavn

Eydehavn

Eydehavn is a village area in the municipality of Arendal in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The population of the village area is about 4,080 people. It is the former administrative centre of both Moland and Stokken municipalities. Both municipalities have since been incorporated into Arendal...

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History

Stokken was part of the municipality of Austre Moland

Austre Moland

Austre Moland is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is currently part of the municipality of Arendal in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It is home to the Austre Moland church.-Name:...

 since its establishment on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

). On 1 July 1919, Austre Moland was divided into two separate municipalities: Stokken (population: 1,683) and Austre Moland (population: 1,289).

On 1 January 1962, a merger took place between Stokken, Austre Moland, Flosta

Flosta

Flosta is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is currently part of the municipality of Arendal in the Sørlandet region. The administrative center of Flosta was the village of Kilsund.-Name:...

, as well as the Strengereid

Strengereid

Strengereid is a village in the municipality of Arendal in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located northeast of Eydehavn and just west of the island of Flosta....

 district in Tvedestrand

Tvedestrand

is a town and municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the village of Tvedestrand....

. This created the new municipality of Moland

Moland

Moland is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Arendal in the Sørlandet region. Eydehavn was the centre of the municipality, which had a population of 6,011 in 1967 and 8,148 in 1992.-Name:...

. Before the merger, Stokken had a population of 2,783. On 1 January 1992, the municipality of Moland (including the area of Stokken) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Arendal.