Torsnes

Torsnes

Torsnes is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway.

It was created by a split from Borge on 1 January 1910. At that time Torsnes had a population of 1,538.

On 1 January 1964 the properties Gansrød and Ulfeng, with 30 inhabitants, were incorporated into Fredrikstad while the rest of Torsnes, with 1,274 inhabitants, was reunited with Borge. On 1 January 1994, Borge was incorporated into Fredrikstad.

The name

The Norse form of the name was "Þórsnes". The first element is the genitive case of the name of the god Thor, the last element is "nes" n 'headland; peninsula'. (The neighbouring island has the name Ullerøy, from the name of the god Ullr.)

References

*cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | year=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl


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