Flekkefjord Municipality
Flekkefjord kommune | |
|---|---|
 View of a local harbour | |
 Agder within Norway | |
 Flekkefjord within Agder | |
| Coordinates: 58°19′38″N 06°40′00″E / 58.32722°N 6.66667°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Agder |
| District | Lister |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Flekkefjord |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Torbjørn Klungland (FrP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 544.08 km2 (210.07 sq mi) |
| • Land | 482.19 km2 (186.17 sq mi) |
| • Water | 61.89 km2 (23.90 sq mi) 11.4% |
| • Rank | #198 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 9,216 |
| • Rank | #121 in Norway |
| • Density | 19.1/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +1.7% |
| Demonym | Flekkefjæring[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4207[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Flekkefjord () is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Flekkefjord. The villages of Sira, Gyland, Rasvåg, Kirkehavn, and Åna-Sira are located in Flekkefjord.
Flekkefjord is the westernmost municipality of the geographical region of Sørlandet. Flekkefjord is approximately midway between the cities of Kristiansand and Stavanger, located along European route E39 and the Sørlandet Line.[4]
The 544-square-kilometre (210 sq mi) municipality is the 198th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Flekkefjord is the 121st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,216. The municipality's population density is 19.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (49/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1.7% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
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- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
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- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).