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.
Lister Region
Listerregionen | |
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 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 | |
| Country | Norway |
| Capital | Farsund Flekkefjord Lyngdal |
| County (fylke) | Agder |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 38,500 |
| Website | Lister.no |
Municipalities
edit| Nr | Name | Map | Coat of arms | Adm. center | Population[2] | Areal km2[3] |
Language | Location |
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| 1003 | Farsund | 
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Farsund | 9,700 | 262.54 | Bokmål | Coast |
| 1004 | Flekkefjord | 
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Flekkefjord | 9,000 | 543.52 | Bokmål | Coast with Rogaland County Border |
| 1032 | Lyngdal | 
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Alleen | 10,000 | 642.80 | Nøytral | Coast/Inland |
| 1034 | Hægebostad | 
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Tingvatn | 2,200 | 461.33 | Nynorsk | Inland |
| 1037 | Kvinesdal | 
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Liknes | 6,000 | 962.42 | Nøytral | Inland |
| 1046 | Sirdal | 
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Tonstad | 1,800 | 1,554.83 | Nøytral | Inland with Rogaland County Border |
Media gallery
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Farsund, the largest and oldest city in the Lister Region -
View from Sirdal -
View of the Kvinesdal valley
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References
edit- ^ "Lister - Samarbeid". lister.no. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
- ^ Statistisk Sentralbyrå: Kvartalsvise befolkningsendringer 1. januar 2014
- ^ "Statens kartverk: Arealstatistikk for Norge 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2015-11-29.