Lister Region

Lister Region
Listerregionen
Metropolitan Region (Metro)
The Lista Beaches
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)
 • Total
38,500
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

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
  • Farsund, the largest and oldest city in the Lister Region
  • View from Sirdal
  • View of the Kvinesdal valley

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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
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