Aust-Agder
Aust-Agder (help·info) is a coonty (fylke) in Norawa, borderin Telemark, Rogaland, an Vest-Agder. In 2002, thare wur 102,945 indwallers, which is 2.2% o the tot population in Norawa. Its aurie is 9,212 square kilometre (3,557 sq mi). The admeenistrative centre o the coonty is in Arendal.
Aust-Agder fylke | |
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 Coat airms | |
 Aust-Agder athin Norawa | |
| Kintra | Norawa |
| Coonty | Aust-Agder |
| Region | Sørlandet |
| Coonty ID | NO-09 |
| Offeecial leid form | Neutral |
| Demonym | Austegde |
| Admeenistrative centre | Arendal |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Øystein Djupedal Sosialistisk Venstreparti (2009–present) |
| • Coonty mayor | Laila Øygarden Arbeiderpartiet (2007–present) |
| Area (#14 in Norawa, 2.73% o Norawa's land aurie) | |
| • Total | 9158.15 km2 (3,535.98 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 8353.31 km2 (3,225.23 sq mi) |
| • Water | 804.54 km2 (310.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 106,842 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| • Chynge (10 years) | 4.3 % |
| • Rank in Norawa | 18 (2.26% of country) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Income (per caipita) | 135,700 NOK |
| GDP (per caipita) | 208,275 NOK (2001) |
| Naitional Rank: | 18 (1.40% o kintra) |
| Website | www.austagderfk.no/ |
The coonty, which is locatit at the Skagerrak coast, extends frae Gjernestangen at Risør tae Kvåsefjorden at Lillesand. The inner pairts o the aurie includes Setesdalsheiene an Austheiene. The majority o the population live near the coast; aboot 78% o the coonty's indwallers live in the five coastal municipalities Arendal, Grimstad, Lillesand, Tvedestrand an Risør. The rest o the coonty is spairsely populatit. Tourism is important, as Arendal an the ither coastal touns are popular attractions.
The coonty includes the islands o Tromøy, Justøya, an Sandøya. The interior o the coonty encompasses the traditional destrict o Setesdal, throu which the Otra river flows tae the coast.
References
eeditFreemit airtins
eedit- Poleetical map Archived 2016-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Aust-Agder fylkeskommune (in English) Archived 2004-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Photogallery Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine