Vest-Agder

Also known as West Agder

Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (fylker) in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. Its area was about . The county administration was located in its largest city, Kristiansand.

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Vest-Agder was a county in southern Norway that existed for one hundred years, from 1919 until it merged with a neighboring county in 2020 to form the larger Agder county. With roughly 182,700 residents and its administrative center in the city of Kristiansand, it represented about 3.5% of Norway's population during its final years.

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Kommune.name: Vest-Agder
Kommune.fylke: yes
Kommune.former: yes
Kommune.image_skyline: Lindesnes Fyr.jpg
Kommune.image_caption: Lindesnes Lighthouse in September 2011
Kommune.idnumber: 10
Kommune.county: Vest-Agder
Kommune.district: Southern Norway
Kommune.capital: Kristiansand
Kommune.established: 1685
Kommune.preceded: Agdesiden
Kommune.disestablished: 1 Jan 2020
Kommune.succeeded: Agder county
Kommune.demonym: Vestegde
Kommune.language: Neutral
Kommune.county_mayor: Terje Damman
Kommune.county_mayor_party: H
Kommune.county_mayor_as_of: 2011-2019

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Official website

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

General information
Name
Coat-of-arms
Geography
History
Municipalities
Municipalities before 2020
Cities
Parishes
Villages
Former Municipalities
Notable residents
See also
References
External links

Vest-Agder was a major source of timber for Dutch and later English shipping from the 16th century onwards. Historically, the area exported timber, wooden products, salmon, herring, ships, and later nickel, paper, and ferrous and silica alloys. Compared to other counties of Norway, today's exports-intensive industry produces shipping and offshore equipment (National Oilwell Varco), cranes (Cargotec), ships (Umoe Mandal, Flekkefjord Slip), wind turbine equipment, nickel (Glencore), and solar industry microsilica (Elkem). A major tourist attraction is Kristiansand Dyrepark.

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