Aust-Agder

Also known as East Agder

Aust-Agder (, ) was a county (fylke) in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The county's administrative center was the town of Arendal.

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Aust-Agder was a county in southeastern Norway that existed for 101 years, from 1919 until it merged with a neighboring county in 2020 to create the larger Agder region. With about 103,000 residents in 2002—roughly 2.2% of Norway's population—it was centered on the town of Arendal and served as an important administrative and population hub in that part of the country.

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Kommune.name: Aust-Agder
Kommune.fylke: yes
Kommune.former: yes
Kommune.image_skyline: Vegår.jpg
Kommune.image_caption: The lake Vegår in 2001
Kommune.idnumber: 09
Kommune.county: Aust-Agder
Kommune.district: Southern Norway
Kommune.capital: Arendal
Kommune.established: 1685
Kommune.preceded: Agdesiden
Kommune.disestablished: 1 Jan 2020
Kommune.succeeded: Agder county
Kommune.demonym: Austegde
Kommune.language: Neutral
Kommune.county_mayor: Gro Bråten
Kommune.county_mayor_party: Ap
Kommune.county_mayor_as_of: 2017-2019

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Demonym: austegde
Population: 117655
Area: 7.35377624014503
Official website: www.austagderfk.no
Image: MyrVannSkog.jpg

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Commons category: Aust-Agder
IPA transcription: ˈæʉstɑɡdəɾ
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2019-12-31
inception: 1919-00-00

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The county, located along the Skagerrak coast, extended from Gjernestangen at Risør to the Kvåsefjorden in Lillesand. The inner parts of the area included Setesdalsheiene and Austheiene. Most of the population lives near the coast; about 78% of the county's inhabitants live in the five coastal municipalities of Arendal, Grimstad, Lillesand, Tvedestrand, and Risør. The rest of the county is sparsely populated. Tourism is important, as Arendal and the other coastal towns are popular attractions.