Vest-Agder

Vest-Agder fylke
Coonty
Coat airms
Vest-Agder athin Norawa
Kintra	Norawa
Coonty	Vest-Agder
Region	Sørlandet
Coonty ID	NO-10
Offeecial leid form	Neutral
Demonym	Vestegde
Admeenistrative centre	Kristiansand
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Ann-Kristin Olsen   (1998–present)
• Coonty mayor	Thore Westermoen   Kristelig Folkeparti   (2003–present)
Area (#15 in Norawa, 2.19% o Norawa's land aurie)
• Total	7276 km2 (2,809 sq mi)
• Laund	6677 km2 (2,578 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	166,976
• Density	24/km2 (60/sq mi)
• Chynge (10 years)	7.8 %
• Rank in Norawa	14 (3.50% of country)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Income (per caipita)	137,000 NOK
GDP (per caipita)	219,928 NOK (2001)
Naitional Rank:	14 (2.27% o kintra)
Website	www.vaf.no
Data frae Statistics Norway

Vest-Agder  (Wast Agder) is a coonty in Norawa, borderin Rogaland tae the wast an Aust-Agder tae the east. In 2002 there wur 157,851 inhabitants, which is 3.4% o the total population in Norawa. Its aurie is 7,281 km² (2,811 sq mi). The coonty admeenistration is locatit in Kristiansand.

Shipping, commerce an recreation are the main industries here. Compared tae ither coonties o Norawa, Vest-Agder is notit for haein the heichest level o foreign exports. Anither internaitional dimension linkit tae the coonty is the lairge-scale emigration tae North Americae that teuk place frae the 1850s an onwards, which resultit in mony Americans returnin tae the coonty efter Norawa became prosperous. This featur is pairticularly predominant in Kvinesdal an Farsund, which maintains strang cultural links wi the Unitit States.

See an aw

• Aust-Agder
• Sørlandet
• Agder
• Umwhile municipalities o Vest-Agder

External links

• Vest-Agder fylkeskommune (in Norse)
• Vest-Agder: Norway’s southernmost county Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine