Farsund Municipality
Sign in to saveFarsund () is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Farsund. Farsund is a coastal municipality in the far southwestern part of Norway, bordering Kvinesdal municipality in the north and Lyngdal in the north and east.
Key facts
- Kommune.county
- Agder
- Kommune.name
- Farsund
- Kommune.image_skyline
- Farsund.jpg
- Kommune.image_caption
- View of the Farsund town harbour
- Kommune.idnumber
- 4206
- Kommune.district
- Lister
- Kommune.capital
- Farsund
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Kommune.preceded
- none
- Kommune.demonyms
- Farsunder or Farsundar(also Listelending or Listring)
- Kommune.language
- Bokmål
- Kommune.coatofarms
- Farsund komm.svg
- Kommune.webpage
- www.farsund.kommune.no
- Kommune.mayor
- Ingrid Williamsen
- Kommune.mayor_party
- FrP
- Kommune.mayor_as_of
- 2023
- Kommune.area_rank
- 276
- Kommune.area_total_km2
- 262.58
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- General information
- Name
- Coat of arms
- Churches
- History
- Government
- Municipal council
- Mayors
- Economy
- Geography
- Climate
- Farsund Airport
- Education
- Outdoor Activities
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Farsund () is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Farsund. Farsund is a coastal municipality in the far southwestern part of Norway, bordering Kvinesdal municipality in the north and Lyngdal in the north and east.
The municipality is the 276th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Farsund is the 114th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,860. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 4.4% over the previous 10-year period. The inhabitants of Farsund are concentrated in three centres of population: the town of Farsund (population: 3,265), Vanse (population: 2,016), and Vestbygda (population: 1,123). Loshavn with its wooden buildings is located outside the town of Farsund. Other villages in Farsund include Ore, Rødland, and Sande.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Farsund Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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