Iveland is a municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Birketveit. Other villages in the municipality include Bakken, Skaiå, and Vatnestrøm.The 261.63km2 municipality is the 294th largest by area in Norway. Iveland is the 374th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,317. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 12.6% over the last decade.General informationThe municipality was established on 1 January 1886 when the old municipality of Hornnes og Iveland was split into two municipalities: Iveland (population: 1,103) and Hornnes (population: 1,113). The municipal boundaries have not changed since that time.NameThe municipality is named after the old Iveland farm which is now part of Birketveit, since the first Iveland Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Ífa and the last element is land which means "land" or "farm". The old river name is probably derived from the Norse word ýr which means "yew" .
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