Eide is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is currently located within the municipality of Grimstad in the traditional district of Sørlandet. Eide had an area of, of which is mainland.NameThe municipality is named after the old Eide farm, since the first church was built there. The name is identical to the word eid which means "isthmus" because it is located between two bodies of water, the Fosdalskilen and Engekilen.HistoryThe municipality of Eide was created on 1 January 1838 . On 1 January 1962, the area of Gitmarkgårdene, with 22 inhabitants, was incorporated into the neighboring municipality of Lillesand. The rest of the municipality of Eide, with 504 inhabitants, was merged into the neighboring municipality of Landvik. Later, in 1971, Landvik was incorporated into the municipality of Grimstad.Notable residentsReidar Haave Olsen (1923-1944), pilot
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