Mandal Municipality

former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Vest-Agder
District: Sørlandet
Established: 1 Jan 1964
Preceded by: Mandal , Halse og Harkmark , Holum municipalities
Disestablished: 1 Jan 2020
Succeeded by: Lindesnes Municipality
Administrative centre: Mandal
Total: 222.83 km (86.04 sq mi)
Land: 210.61 km (81.32 sq mi)
Water: 12.22 km (4.72 sq mi)
Rank: # 321 in Norway
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Mandal (pronunciation) is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The municipality existed from 1964 until 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Mandal, Lindesnes, and Marnardal were merged to form a new, larger municipality of Lindesnes in what is now Agder county. Mandal was the southernmost municipality in all of Norway, with the tiny skerry of Pysen being the southernmost point of land in Norway.

The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mandal. The town of Mandal was the second largest town by population in the old Vest-Agder county after the nearby town of Kristiansand and it is also the fourth largest city in all of the Sørlandet/Agder region. Besides the town of Mandal, the municipality also includes the villages of Bykjernen, Skjebstad, Sånum-Lundevik, Skogsfjord-Hesland, Krossen, Harkmark, Skinsnes-Ime, and Tregde-Skjernøy.