Farsund
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| Farsund kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vest-Agder | ||
| District | Sørlandet | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1003 | ||
| Administrative centre | Farsund | ||
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| - Mayor (2007) | Stein Ytterdahl (Ap) | ||
| Area (Nr. 294 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 262 km² (101.2 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 252 km² (97.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 9,497 | ||
| - Density | 38/km² (98.4/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[1] | ||
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| Website: www.farsund.kommune.no | |||
Farsund is a town and municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway.
The town of Farsund was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt), although already recognized as a trading center in 1795. The rural municipalities of Herad, Lista and Spind were merged with Farsund January 1, 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. Farsund has the largest agriculture area in Vest-Agder. The municipality of Farsund has ca. 9,200 inhabitants, concentrated in three centres of population: Farsund town, Vanse and Vestbygda. Shipping, fishing and agriculture are the largest industries in the area. Today, Farsund is the largest agrcultural 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] The name
The first element is far n 'travelling', the last element is sund n 'strait, sound'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from 1899. It shows four trees of linden (Tilia). (From around 1750 to 1950 four trees of linden was standing in the center of the town.)
[edit] Famous people from Farsund
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