Agder
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/55097
- Note
- "Agder is a county (fylke) and historical district of Norway in the southernmost region of Norway.
Before 1 January 2020, the region was divided in two counties, Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south country") has been more commonly used for this region, sometimes with the inclusion of neighbouring Rogaland. Prior to that time, the area was considered a part of Western Norway.
The area was a medieval petty kingdom, and after the unification of Norway, the area became known as Egdafylki and later yet called Agdesiden, a county within the kingdom of Norway. The name Agder was not used after 1662 when the area was split into smaller governmental units called Nedenæs, Råbyggelaget, Lister, and Mandal. The name was resurrected in 1919 when two counties of Norway that roughly corresponded to the old Agdesiden county were renamed as Aust-Agder (East Agder) and Vest-Agder (West Agder). Even before joining the two counties in 2020, there was significant cooperation between the two units, such as the University of Agder that had campuses in both Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder, and many other institutions such as the Diocese of Agder og Telemark, the Agder Court of Appeal, and the Agder Police District." - (en.wikipedia.org 30.03.2020) - Latitude
- 58.14669418335
- Longitude
- 7.9956111907959
- Population
- 306,849
- Time zone
- Europe/Oslo
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