Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder fylke | |
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![]() Vest-Agder athin Norawa | |
Kintra | Norawa |
Coonty | Vest-Agder |
Region | Sørlandet |
Coonty ID | NO-10 |
Offeecial leid form | Neutral |
Demonym | Vestegde |
Admeenistrative centre | Kristiansand |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Ann-Kristin Olsen (1998–present) |
• Coonty mayor | Thore Westermoen Kristelig Folkeparti (2003–present) |
Area (#15 in Norawa, 2.19% o Norawa's land aurie) | |
• Total | 7276 km2 (2,809 sq mi) |
• Laund | 6677 km2 (2,578 sq mi) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 166,976 |
• Density | 24/km2 (60/sq mi) |
• Chynge (10 years) | 7.8 % |
• Rank in Norawa | 14 (3.50% of country) |
Time zone | UTC 01 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 02 (CEST) |
Income (per caipita) | 137,000 NOK |
GDP (per caipita) | 219,928 NOK (2001) |
Naitional Rank: | 14 (2.27% o kintra) |
Website | www.vaf.no |
Vest-Agder (help·info) (Wast Agder) is a coonty in Norawa, borderin Rogaland tae the wast an Aust-Agder tae the east. In 2002 there wur 157,851 inhabitants, which is 3.4% o the total population in Norawa. Its aurie is 7,281 km2 (2,811 sq mi). The coonty admeenistration is locatit in Kristiansand.
Shipping, commerce an recreation are the main industries here. Compared tae ither coonties o Norawa, Vest-Agder is notit for haein the heichest level o foreign exports. Anither internaitional dimension linkit tae the coonty is the lairge-scale emigration tae North Americae that teuk place frae the 1850s an onwards, which resultit in mony Americans returnin tae the coonty efter Norawa became prosperous. This featur is pairticularly predominant in Kvinesdal an Farsund, which maintains strang cultural links wi the Unitit States.
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]External links
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Vest-Agder fylkeskommune (in Norse)
- Vest-Agder: Norway’s southernmost county Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine