- Farsund
Infobox_Kommune
name = Farsund
county = Vest-Agder
idnumber = 1003
landscape = Sørlandet
capital = Farsund
demonym = Farsunder, Listaværing,Båroværing Vansemann and others
language =Bokmål
munwebpage = www.farsund.kommune.no
governor = Stein Ytterdahl (Ap)
governor_as_of = 2007
arearank = 294
area = 262.4
arealand = 252
areapercent = 0.08
population_as_of = 2008
populationrank = 107
population = 9,392
populationpercent = 0.21
populationdensity = 35.8
populationincrease = 1.4
lat_deg = 58 | lat_min = 4 | lat_sec = 58 | lon_deg = 6 | lon_min = 45 | lon_sec = 10
utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6440157 | utm_easting = 0367497 | geo_cat = adm2ndAudio|Farsund.ogg|Farsund is a town and municipality in the county of
Vest-Agder ,Norway .The town of Farsund was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ), although already recognized as a trading center in 1795. The rural municipalities ofHerad ,Lista , andSpind were merged with Farsund on 1 January 1965.Farsund is a coastal municipality, bordering on
Kvinesdal municipality in the north andLyngdal 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. The municipality of Farsund has about 9,400 inhabitants, concentrated in three centres of population: Farsund town, Vanse, and Vestbygda.General information
Name
The first element is "far" which means "travelling" and the last element is "sund" which means "
strait " or "sound (geography) ".Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms was granted around 1899. It shows four linden trees (
Tilia ). From around 1750 to 1950 four linden trees stood in the center of the town. [cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/f/farsund.htm|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|accessdaymonth=27 September|accessyear=2008]Economy
The largest industries are
Elkem Aluminium Lista, an aluminium plant, and Casting Technologies Farsund, which makes auto parts of aluminium. Historically, shipping and fisheries have also been important. Farsund is the largest agricultural 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.Famous residents
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Eilert Sundt References
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