Aust-Agder

County in Aust-Agder, Norway

Aust-Agder fylke
County
Vegår in 2001
Coat of arms
Aust-Agder within Norway
Country	Norway
County	Aust-Agder
Region	Sørlandet
County ID	NO-09
Administrative centre	Arendal
Government
• Governor	Svein Ytterdahl   Arbeiderpartiet   (2016–present)
• County mayor	Gro Bråten   Arbeiderpartiet   (2017–present)
Area
• Total	9,158.15 km2 (3,535.98 sq mi)
• Land	8,353.31 km2 (3,225.23 sq mi)
• Water	804.54 km2 (310.63 sq mi)
Area rank	#14 in Norway, 2.73% of Norway's land area
Population (2017)
• Total	116,673
• Rank	18 (2.26% of country)
• Density	14/km2 (40/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	4.3 %
Demonym(s)	Austegde
Time zone	CET (UTC+01)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02)
Official language form	Neutral
Income (per capita)	135,700 NOK
GDP (per capita)	208,275 NOK (2001)
GDP national rank	18 (1.40% of country)
Website	www.austagderfk.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Aust-Agder ([²æʉstˌɑɡdər] ( listen), English: East Agder) is one of 18 counties (fylker) in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland, and Vest-Agder counties. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which is 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area is 9,212 square kilometres (3,557 sq mi). The administrative center of the county is the town of Arendal.

The county, which is located at the Skagerrak coast, extends from Gjernestangen at Risør to the Kvåsefjorden in Lillesand. The inner parts of the area includes Setesdalsheiene and Austheiene. The majority of the population live near the coast; about 78% of the county's inhabitants live in the five coastal municipalities of Arendal, Grimstad, Lillesand, Tvedestrand, and Risør. The rest of the county is sparsely populated. Tourism is important, as Arendal and the other coastal towns are popular attractions.

The county includes the larger islands of Tromøya, Hisøya, Justøya, and Sandøya. The interior of the county encompasses the traditional district of Setesdal, through which the river Otra flows to the coast.

In 2017, the Parliament of Norway voted to merge Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder counties into one large region called Agder, effective 1 January 2020.^[1]

The county is part of the Aust-Agder District Court and the Church of Norway Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

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  1 Name
  


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  2 Coat-of-arms
  


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  3 Municipalities
  


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  4 Population
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

Name

The meaning of the name is "(the) eastern (part of) Agder", since the word aust is the Nynorsk form of "east".

See also: the name of Vest-Agder county

Until 1919, the name of the county was Nedenes amt. The amt was named after the old Nedenes farm (Norse Niðarnes), since this was the seat of the amtmann (County Governor). The first element is the genitive case of the river name Nið (now called Nidelva) and the last element is nes which means "headland". The meaning of the river name is unknown.^[2]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 12 December 1958. It shows two horizontal golden bars on a red background. They symbolize the lumber trade and the recovery of iron ore that was important for Aust-Agder's growth. There are two bars to represent the two areas of the county: inland and coastal.^[3][4]

Municipalities

Main category: Municipalities of Aust-Agder

The system of municipalities, or kommuner, was established in Norway in 1837, based on previously existing parishes (see formannskapsdistrikt). Norway had been ceded to Sweden by Denmark in 1814, at which it promptly rebelled and won the right of self-rule, though nominally part of Sweden. In 1905, Norway declared total independence. Meanwhile as the years progressed, the municipalities did not remain the same, but new ones were formed, old ones broken up, and land was transferred. Since the 1990s, Aust-Agder has been divided into 15 municipalies:

Map of the municipalities in the county

No.	Name	Adm. Center	Population	Area (km²)
0901	Risør	Risør	7003693600000000000♠6,936	7002193000000000000♠193
0904	Grimstad	Grimstad	7004226920000000000♠22,692	7002304000000000000♠304
0906	Arendal	Arendal	7004445760000000000♠44,576	7002270000000000000♠270
0911	Gjerstad	Gjerstad	7003251100000000000♠2,511	7002322000000000000♠322
0912	Vegårshei	Myra	7003210400000000000♠2,104	7002356000000000000♠356
0914	Tvedestrand	Tvedestrand	7003605100000000000♠6,051	7002215000000000000♠215
0919	Froland	Blakstad	7003571300000000000♠5,713	7002645000000000000♠645
0926	Lillesand	Lillesand	7004107020000000000♠10,702	7002190000000000000♠190
0928	Birkenes	Birkeland	7003517800000000000♠5,178	7002674000000000000♠674
0929	Åmli	Åmli	7003185600000000000♠1,856	7003113100000000000♠1,131
0935	Iveland	Birketveit	7003134200000000000♠1,342	7002262000000000000♠262
0937	Evje og Hornnes	Evje	7003361400000000000♠3,614	7002550000000000000♠550
0938	Bygland	Bygland	7003120000000000000♠1,200	7003131200000000000♠1,312
0940	Valle	Valle	7003124600000000000♠1,246	7003126500000000000♠1,265
0941	Bykle	Bykle	7002952000000000000♠952	7003146700000000000♠1,467
Total	Aust-Agder	Arendal	7005116673000000000♠116,673	7003915800000000000♠9,158

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1951	75,811	—
1961	77,066	+1.7%
1971	80,839	+4.9%
1981	90,629	+12.1%
1991	97,314	+7.4%
2001	102,714	+5.5%
2011	110,048	+7.1%
2021?	126,092	+14.6%
2031?	139,982	+11.0%
Source: Statistics Norway.[5]

Religion in Aust-Agder[6][7]
religion			percent
Christianity			87.57%
Islam			0.75%
Buddhism			0.24%
Other			11.44%

Since the census of 1769, Aust-Agder has experienced a steady population growth: from 29,633 to 79,927 in 1900, and to 102,848 in 2001. There was significant emigration to the United States in the 19th century and early 20th century.

See also

• Vest-Agder


• Sørlandet


• Agder

References

1. 
   ^ "Om sammenslåingen" (in Norwegian). Agder fylkeskommune. Retrieved 2018-01-06. 
   


2. 
   ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 110. 
   


3. 
   ^ "Fylkesvåpenet" (in Norwegian). Aust-Agder fylkeskommune. 
   


4. 
   ^ "Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 2018-01-06. 
   


5. 
   ^ Projected population - Statistics Norway
   


6. 
   ^ Statistics Norway - Church of Norway.
   


7. 
   ^ Statistics Norway - Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. County. 2006-2010
   

External links

• Political map


• Aust-Agder fylkeskommune (in English)


• Photogallery


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  Media related to Aust-Agder at Wikimedia Commons


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  Aust-Agder travel guide from Wikivoyage

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