Lister Region

Lister Region
Listerregionen
The Lista Beaches
The Lista Beaches
Lister region in blue as it was in 2019, in the map of Southern Norway.
Lister region in blue as it was in 2019, in the map of Southern Norway.
Coordinates: 58°36′N 7°48′E / 58.6°N 07.8°E / 58.6; 07.8
CountryNorway
CapitalFarsund
Flekkefjord
Lyngdal
County (fylke)Agder
Population
 (2020)
 • Total38,500
WebsiteLister.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 Kristiansand Region in the east, Setesdal to the north, and Rogaland County to the west. There are two towns in Lister: Flekkefjord and Farsund.

Municipalities

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Nr Name Map Coat of arms Adm. center Population[2] Areal
km2[3]
Language Location
1003 Farsund
Farsund 9,700 262.54 Bokmål Coast
1004 Flekkefjord
Flekkefjord 9,000 543.52 Bokmål Coast with Rogaland County Border
1032 Lyngdal
Alleen 10,000 642.80 Nøytral Coast/Inland
1034 Hægebostad
Tingvatn 2,200 461.33 Nynorsk Inland
1037 Kvinesdal
Liknes 6,000 962.42 Nøytral Inland
1046 Sirdal
Tonstad 1,800 1,554.83 Nøytral Inland with Rogaland County Border
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References

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  1. ^ "Lister - Samarbeid". lister.no. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  2. ^ Statistisk Sentralbyrå: Kvartalsvise befolkningsendringer 1. januar 2014
  3. ^ "Statens kartverk: Arealstatistikk for Norge 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2015-11-29.