Farsund
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| Farsund kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 58°4′58″N 6°45′10″E / 58.08278°N 6.75278°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
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| County | Vest-Agder | ||
| District | Sørlandet | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1003 | ||
| Administrative centre | Farsund | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2007) | Stein Ytterdahl (Ap) | ||
| Area (Nr. 294 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 262.4 km2 (101.3 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 252 km2 (97.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| - Total | 9,392 | ||
| - Density | 35.8/km2 (92.7/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 1.4 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 107 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Demonym | Farsunder or Farsundar (also Listaværing, Båroværing, or Vansing) [1] |
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| Website | www.farsund.kommune.no | ||
Farsund (help·info) is a town and municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway.
The town of Farsund was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt), although already recognized as a trading center in 1795. The rural municipalities of Herad, Lista, and Spind were merged with Farsund on 1 January 1965.
Farsund is a coastal municipality, bordering on Kvinesdal municipality in the north and Lyngdal in the north and east. In terms of square mileage it is one of the smallest municipalities in Vest-Agder county, yet one of the largest in number of inhabitants. The municipality of Farsund has about 9,400 inhabitants, concentrated in three centres of population: Farsund town, Vanse, and Vestbygda.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The first element is far which means "travelling" and the last element is sund which means "strait" or "sound (geography)".
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms was granted around 1899. It shows four linden trees (Tilia). From around 1750 to 1950 four linden trees stood in the center of the town. [2]
[edit] Economy
The largest industries are Elkem Aluminium Lista, an aluminium plant, and Casting Technologies Farsund, which makes auto parts of aluminium. Historically, shipping and fisheries have also been important. Farsund is the largest agricultural district in the county of Vest-Agder, having 26 km² productive land, 88 km² forest, and 17 km² freshwater areas. Farsund was already organized as a trading centre in 1795, and in 1995 celebrated its 200 year jubilee.
[edit] Famous residents
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/f/farsund.htm. Retrieved on 27 September 2008.
[edit] External links
Media related to Farsund at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Farsund- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Vest-Agder travel guide from Wikitravel
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