Farsund
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| County | Vest-Agder | |
| District | Sørlandet | |
| Municipality | ||
| Administrative centre | Vanse | |
| Mayor (2003) | Margit Brøvig (H) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | 262 Square kilometre>km² 252 km² 0.08 % | |
| Population - Total (as of 2004>2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 107 9,497 0.21 % 1.4 % 38/km² | |
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| [www.farsund.kommune.no] [Data from Statistics Norway] | ||
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. In 1965 Farsund was merged with the municipalities of Lista, Herad and Spind and each had its own parish. 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.
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| Municipalities of Vest-Agder |
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| Audnedal | Farsund | Flekkefjord | Hægebostad | Kristiansand | Kvinesdal | Lindesnes | Lyngdal | Mandal | Marnardal | Sirdal | Songdalen | Søgne | Vennesla | Åseral | |
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