Vegårshei
Municipality in Agder, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vegårshei is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the village of Myra. Other villages in Vegårshei include Mo and Ubergsmoen.[4]
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Vegårshei Municipality
Vegårshei kommune | |
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Vegaardsheien herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 58°46′32″N 08°49′56″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Agder |
District | Sørlandet |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Myra |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Kjetil Torp (KrF) |
Area | |
• Total | 355.67 km2 (137.32 sq mi) |
• Land | 321.76 km2 (124.23 sq mi) |
• Water | 33.89 km2 (13.09 sq mi) 9.5% |
• Rank | #249 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 2,143 |
• Rank | #272 in Norway |
• Density | 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | +7.9% |
Demonym | Vegårsheiing[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-4212[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 356-square-kilometre (137 sq mi) municipality is the 249th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vegårshei is the 272nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,143. The municipality's population density is 6.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (17/sq mi) and its population has increased by 7.9% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]