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Vest-Agder

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Vest-Agder fylke
Coat of airms o Vest-Agder fylke
Coat airms
Vest-Agder athin Norawa
Vest-Agder athin Norawa
KintraNorawa
CoontyVest-Agder
RegionSørlandet
Coonty IDNO-10
Offeecial leid formNeutral
DemonymVestegde
Admeenistrative centreKristiansand
Govrenment
 • GovrenorAnn-Kristin Olsen
  (1998–present)
 • Coonty mayorThore Westermoen
  Kristelig Folkeparti
  (2003–present)
Area
(#15 in Norawa, 2.19% o Norawa's land aurie)
 • Total7276 km2 (2,809 sq mi)
 • Laund6677 km2 (2,578 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total166,976
 • Density24/km2 (60/sq mi)
 • Chynge (10 years)
7.8 %
 • Rank in Norawa
14 (3.50% of country)
Time zoneUTC+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)
Websitewww.vaf.no

Aboot this soondVest-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.

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