Vest-Agder

The Vest- Agder Fylke is the southernmost province in Norway borders the provinces of Rogaland and Aust- Agder and belongs to the part of the country Sørlandet. Beginning in July 2013 occupied 176,500 inhabitants the province. The total area is 7276 km ² ( land area 6677 km ²). The council is based in Kristiansand. In Vest-Agder the Farsund Avis, the smallest daily newspaper in Norway appears. Vest- Agder ( West Agder ) is the western part of the former historic province Adger from the current Fylke was formed. The then- Agder corresponds broadly similar in magnitude to the current part of the country Sørlandet.

Coat of arms

Description of coat of arms: In a golden green uprooted oak tree with six branches and three oak leaves on them.

Municipalities

( Inhabitants on 1 January 2010)

Religion

Vest- Agder is also called the " buckle on the Norwegian Bible Belt ". The proportion of churchgoers who attend more than six times a year to worship, here is 33 percent, twice as high as the national average. The Christian People's Party obtained on the Sørlandet their best results. When Stortingswahl In 2009 she received in the municipalities Hægebostad and Audnedal over 30 percent. In these villages, many practicing Christians, both members of the Lutheran Church and followers of independent communities such as the Pentecostal life. As an example of an important Christian personality who was born in Vest- Agder, the Deaconess Elizabeth Fedde was called.