Lister Region

Lister Region
Listerregionen
Metropolitan Region (Metro)

The Lista Beaches

Lister region in blue, in the map of Southern Norway.
Coordinates: NO 58°36′N 7°48′E / 58.6°N 07.8°E / 58.6; 07.8Coordinates: NO 58°36′N 7°48′E / 58.6°N 07.8°E / 58.6; 07.8
Country Norway
Capital Farsund
Flekkefjord
Lyngdal
County (fylke) Vest-Agder
Population (2015)
 • Total 36,479
Website Lister.no

Lister Region (Norwegian: Listerregionen) is a region in Southern Norway. It consist of the municipalities Farsund, Flekkefjord, Hægebostad, Kvinesdal, Lyngdal, and Sirdal.[1] The region borders to Lindesnes Region in the east, Setesdal (Aust-Agder) to the north, and Rogaland County to the west. There are two towns in Lister: Flekkefjord and Farsund.

Municipalities

Nr Name Map Coat of arms Adm. center Population[2] Areal
km²[3]		 Language Location
1003 Farsund
Farsund 9,500 262.54 Bokmål Coast
1004 Flekkefjord
Flekkefjord 9,000 543.52 Bokmål Coast with Rogaland County Border
1032 Lyngdal
Alleen 7,500 391.13 Bokmål Coast
1034 Hægebostad
Tingvatn 2,200 461.33 Nynorsk Inland
1037 Kvinesdal
Liknes 5,000 962.42 Nøytral Inland with Aust-Agder County Line
1046 Sirdal
Tonstad 1,800 1,554.83 Nøytral Inland with Aust-Agder and Rogaland County Border

References

  1. ↑ "Lister - Samarbeid". lister.no. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  2. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå: Kvartalsvise befolkningsendringer 1. januar 2014
  3. ↑ Statens kartverk: Arealstatistikk for Norge 2014
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