Vennesla

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Vennesla kommune

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County Vest-Agder
District
Municipality
Administrative centre Vennesla
Mayor (2003) Torhild Bransdal (KrF)
Official language form Neutral
Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage 384 Square kilometre>km²
362 km²
0.12 %
Population
- Total (as of 2004>2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density Ranked 89
12,356
0.27 %
5.1 %
34/km²
Coordinates
[www.vennesla.kommune.no]
[Data from Statistics Norway]
Coordinates: The municipality Vennesla is situated in Vest-Agder county, Norway, about 17 km north of Kristiansand, being the third largest municipality of the county. The municipality consists, since 1964, of the former municipalities of Vennesla, Øvrebø and Hægeland. Vennesla has been inhabited for about 5,000 years.

Geography

Vennesla is bordered in the west by the municipalities of Marnardal and Songdalen, in the east by Birkenes, and Iveland. In the northeast by Evje og Hornnes, and in the south by Kristiansand.

Economy

Vennesla has mainly been considered an industrial small town, with Hunsfos ASA, a paper factory, as the cornerstone of the community. During recent decades, however, the number of employees has drastically declined from around 1,200 in the seventies, to 200 in 2005.

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