Marnardal

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Marnardal kommune

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County Vest-Agder
District
Municipality
Administrative centre Marnardal
Mayor (2003) Ånen Trygsland (Ap)
Official language form Neutral
Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage 395 Square kilometre>km²
376 km²
0.12 %
Population
- Total (as of 2004>2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density Ranked 324
2,214
0.05 %
-0.5 %
6/km²
Coordinates
[www.marnardal.kommune.no]
[Data from Statistics Norway]
Coordinates: Marnardal is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. It is an inland municipality, bordering in the north on Evje og Hornnes municipality in Aust-Agder county, Audnedal municipality in the west, Lindesnes, Mandal and Søgne in the South, and Songdalen and Vennesla in the east.

In 1964, Øyslebø, Laudal and Bjelland municipalities were merged into Marnardal municipality.

The municipality has its name from the river Marna, which runs through it. The name means Marna-valley. Marna is the best river for salmon fishing in the south of Norway.

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Municipalities of Vest-Agder
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