Lillesand

Lillesand Municipality
Lillesand kommune
Blindleia in Lillesand
Blindleia in Lillesand
Agder within Norway
Agder within Norway
Lillesand within Agder
Lillesand within Agder
Coordinates: 58°14′49″N 08°19′01″E / 58.24694°N 8.31694°E / 58.24694; 8.31694
CountryNorway
CountyAgder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreLillesand
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Einar Holmer-Hoven (H)
Area
 • Total190.32 km2 (73.48 sq mi)
 • Land180.39 km2 (69.65 sq mi)
 • Water9.93 km2 (3.83 sq mi)  5.2%
 • Rank#306 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total11,419
 • Rank#100 in Norway
 • Density63.3/km2 (164/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +13.8%
DemonymsLillesandar
Lillesander[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4215[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Lillesand (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈlɪ̂lːəsɑn] )[4] is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Lillesand. Some of the larger villages in Lillesand municipality include Åkerøyhamn, Brekkestø, Gamle Hellesund, Helldal, Høvåg, Ribe, Skottevik, Trøe, Ulvøysund, and Vesterhus.

The 190-square-kilometre (73 sq mi) municipality is the 306th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lillesand is the 100th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,419. The municipality's population density is 63.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (164/sq mi) and its population has increased by 13.8% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Berulfsen, Bjarne (1969). Norsk Uttaleordbok (in Norwegian). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co (W Nygaard). p. 199.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).