Kristiansand Region

Kristiansand Region
Kristiansandsregionen
Metropolitan Region (Metro)

Kristiansandregionen marked in yellow in a map of Southern Norway.
Coordinates: NO 58°36′N 7°48′E / 58.6°N 7.8°E / 58.6; 7.8Coordinates: NO 58°36′N 7°48′E / 58.6°N 7.8°E / 58.6; 7.8
Country Norway
Capital Kristiansand
Counties (fylker) Aust-Agder
Vest-Agder
Area
 • Total 16,434 km2 (6,345 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 155,648
 • Density 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)

Kristiansand Region is a statistical metropolitan region in the counties of Vest-Agder (population: 137,527) and Aust-Agder (14,442) in southern Norway. It is centered on the city of Kristiansand. The region consist of 6 munchipalites in the centre of Southern Norway. Vennesla, Songdalen, Birkenes are the only two municipalities that doesn't border to the ocean. Kristiansand is the largest municipality in population in the region and Birkeland is the largest in areal. [1]

Nr Municipality Map Coat of arms Adm. center Population[2] Areal
km²[3]		 Language County
1001 Kristiansand
Kristiansand 90,000 276.51 Bokmål Vest-Agder
1014 Vennesla
Vennesla 15,000 384.48 Neutral Vest-Agder
1017 Songdalen
Nodeland 6,000 215.94 Neutral Vest-Agder
1018 Søgne
Tangvall 11,000 151.26 Bokmål Vest-Agder
0926 Lillesand
Lillesand 10,000 190.41 Bokmål Aust-Agder
0928 Birkenes
Birkeland 4,000 674.20 Neutral Aust-Agder

Geography

Kristiansandregionen borders to the regions: Lindesnes Regionen where the administrative centre is Mandal, Setesdal with Evje as the administrative centre, and Østre Agder where Arendal is the administrative centre.

Administrative centre

Tangvall, the administrative centre in Søgne

Kristiansand is the main administrative centre for the Kristiansandregionen. The borough Kvadraturen is the city downtown centrum and administrative centre for Kristiansand municipality. The borough has a population of 5,750 and is the least populated borough in Kristiansand. Vest-Agder County House is also located in Kristiansand.

The town of Vennesla is the administrative centre for Vennesla municipality. The town has a population of 10,000.

Nodeland is the administrative centre for Songdalen, it has a population of 1,800.

Søgne's administrative centre is Tangvall, it's also considered the centrum for Søgne. Tangvall is located right next to E39.

Lillesand's administrative centre has a population of 7,000 while the municipality Lillesand, has a population of 10,000.

Birkeland, the administrative centre of Birkenes has a population of 3,000. While Birkenes has 4,000.

Cities and towns

Kristiansand

Kristiansand is the only city in the region. The nearest other city is Grimstad in the Østre Agder region.[4]

Vennesla municipality has three towns: Hægeland, Vennesla (centrum), Øvrebø. In Songdalen, towns. Songdalen has the towns Nodeland and Finsland. Birkenes has the towns Birkeland, Engesland, Herefoss, Oggevatn, Vegusdal.

Brennåsen, Finsland and Nodeland is the towns in Songdalen and in Søgne, Søgne and Ausvika.

Suburban Areas

Nodelandsheia in Songdalen

Suburban areas in the metropolitan area of Kristiansand is in some of the municipalities.

In Songdalen suburban areas are like Volleberg, Nodelandsheia, Svarttjønn and Hortemo which is places in the Nodeland area.

Søgne has the suburban areas Ausvigheia, Vedderheia, Eikeheia, Høllen, Årosskogen, Stokkeland, Stokkelandsskogen and Langenes.

Vennesla with the suburbs Vineland, Moseidmoen, Lomtjønn, Heptekjerr, Eikelandsdalen and Samkom.

In Lillesand: Kroksteinåsen, Borkedalen and Møglestu.

Kristiansand has larger suburban areas in some part-boroughs of the boroughs, like in Vågsbygd has larger suburban areas like Voiebyen, Slettheitoppen in Slettheia, Åsane and the island Flekkerøy. Grim has one large suburban area: Hellemyr. Mosby and Strai is smaller suburbs farer away from the city. At Lund, Gimlekollen and Justvik is the larger suburban areas while Gimlevang, Sødal, Hamreheia and Kuholmen is smaller suburbs in the Lund borough. And in Oddernes is Hånes, Søm and Hamresanden, Brattvollshei at Tveit, Tømmerstø, Dvergsnes, Odderhei and Holte at Randesund.[5]

Transportation

Air

The only publicly open airport in the region is Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik, it had in 2014 1 million travelers.

Railroad

There are three open train stations in the region; Kristiansand Station, Vennesla Station and Nodeland Station. Nodeland S gets trains from Stavanger S to Kristiansand which at selective hours continues to Oslo S. Vennesla get train traffic from Oslo S to Kristiansand S which at selective hours continues to Stavanger S.

Road

E18 in Kristiansand with the exit to Vennesla

European route E18 is the main road for eastern Kristiansand and Lillesand, it is highway from Kristiansand, through Lillesand and ends in Arendal. It got four lanes to Grimstad and two lanes from Grimstad to Arendal. E18 continues through Aust-Agder and Oslo.

European route E39 is the main road for western Kristiansand, lower Songdalen and Søgne. It is highway from downtown Kristiansand to Hellemyr, and from Brennåsen in Songdalen, to Tangvall in Søgne. E39 continues through Vest-Agder and Stavanger.

Norwegian National Road 9 is a national road from downtown Kristiansand through Vennesla municipality and the towns Øvrebø and Hægeland. The road continues to Evje.

Norwegian National Road 41 is a national road from Timeneskrysset in Kristiansand through Tveit, Kristiansand and through the municipality Birkenes.

Norwegian County Road 461 is the main road from E39 to Nodeland and through Songdalen municipality. Norwegian County Road 405 is the main road from R9 to the town Vennesla. Norwegian County Road 454 is the main road from R9 to Øvrebø. Norwegian National Road 456 is the main road from E39 through Tangvall and Langenes in Søgne, it continues through the borough of Vågsbygd and ends with a highway tunnel from Vågsbygd to Hannevika where it meets E39 again. Norwegian County Road 402 goes from E18 in Lillesand to Birkeland.

Education

In the region, there are high schools in Kristiansand, Lillesand, Søgne, Vennesla and Øvrebø. In Kristiansand, there is also a cathedral high school. The University of Agder is located in Kristiansand, while there are Folk high school like Agder Folkehøgskole in Søgne and NLA Mediehøgskolen Gimlekollen in Kristiansand.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vest-Agder fylkeskommune". vaf.no. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
  2. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå: Kvartalsvise befolkningsendringer 1. januar 2014
  3. ↑ Statens kartverk: Arealstatistikk for Norge 2014
  4. ↑ / Vest-Agder Fylkeskommune 2015
  5. ↑ Kristiansand Kommune 2015
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