Degernes is a village and parish in

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municipality in

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county,

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History

was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It was divided into the parishes of Rakkestad, Degernes, and Os. Degernes was separated from Rakkestad as a municipality of its own on 1 January 1917, but it was merged back into Rakkestad on 1 January 1964. Degernesis located on Highway 22 towards

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about eight miles southeast of the community center of Rakkestad. The village of Degernes has today a population of 277 ( SSB 2005). The private sector consists largely of agriculture, principally animal husbandry. During the 1950s there was some mining in the municipality. Degernes Church (''Degernes Kirke'') is from 1863. It was built of brick and has 350 seats. It was designed by architect

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. The church was restored in 1962. Access to the site is via Rv22 and Fv656. Degernes Hall (''Degerneshallen'') is the only sports facility in the municipality. Degernes Hall was finished during 1984. The hall used mostly for team handball and gymnastics. The oldest settlement of the Fosna-Hensbacka culture in Eastern Norway is found at Høgnipen, located in the southern part of Degernes. The two sites at Høgnipen are called Rørmyr and Mellommyr and are estimated to date back 10,000 years.''Rakkestad Municipality'' (Indre Østfold)
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Etymology

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm of Degernes ( Norse ''Digranes''), since the first church was built there. The first element is ''digr'' 'big', the last element is ''nes'' n 'headland'.

Notable residents

* Asbjørn Solberg (1893–1977), member of the

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and former mayor of Degernes *

Erik Varden Erik Varden (born 13 May 1974) is a Norwegian Catholic prelate, spiritual writer, and Trappist monk. He has served as Bishop of Trondheim since 2020. Early life and education Varden was born in a non-practising Lutheran family in South Norway ...

, catholic bishop of

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References

External links

Degernes Church
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