Farsund

Farsund is a town and municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. The town of Farsund was established as a municipality January 1, 1838, although already recognized as a trading center in 1795. The rural municipalities of Herad, Lista and Spind were merged with Farsund January 1, 1965. Farsund is a coastal municipality, bordering on Kvinesdal municipality in the north and Lyngdal in the north and east.

In terms of square mileage it is one of the smallest municipalities in Vest-Agder county, yet one of the largest in number of inhabitants. Farsund has the largest agriculture area in Vest-Agder. The municipality of Farsund has ca. 9,200 inhabitants, concentrated in three centres of population: Farsund town, Vanse and Vestbygda. Shipping, fishing and agriculture are the largest industries in the area. Today, Farsund is the largest agrcultural district in the county of Vest-Agder, having 26 km² productive land, 88 km² forest and 17 km² freshwater areas. Farsund was already organized as a trading centre in 1795, and in 1995 celebrated its 200 year jubilee. 

6 °C


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Wind6.17 m/s
Cloudiness93 %
Temperature (min/max)6/6 °C
Pressure1004 hpa
Humidity75 %
Last update: 25 Apr 2024 @ 13:31

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