Lillesand
The 190 km2 municipality is the 306th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lillesand is the 101st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,279. The municipality's population density is 62.5 PD/km2 and its population has increased by 14.2% over the previous 10-year period.
The town of Lillesand was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the following areas were merged into a new, larger municipality of Lillesand:
* the town of Lillesand (population: 1,041)
* the rural municipality of Høvåg (population: 1,330)
* the rural municipality of Vestre Moland (population: 2,454)
* the Gitmarkgårdene area of Eide municipality (population: 22)
Map - Lillesand
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Country - Norway
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Norway has a total area of 385,207 km2 and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of 1,619 km. It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the sea coasts; the interior, while colder, is also significantly milder than areas elsewhere in the world on such northerly latitudes. Even during polar night in the north, temperatures above freezing are commonplace on the coastline. The maritime influence brings high rainfall and snowfall to some areas of the country.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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NOK | Norwegian krone | kr | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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FI | Finnish language |
SE | Northern Sami |
NO | Norwegian language |
NN | Nynorsk |