Aust-Agder

Aust-Agder fylke
Coonty
Coat airms
Aust-Agder athin Norawa
Kintra	Norawa
Coonty	Aust-Agder
Region	Sørlandet
Coonty ID	NO-09
Offeecial leid form	Neutral
Demonym	Austegde
Admeenistrative centre	Arendal
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Øystein Djupedal   Sosialistisk Venstreparti   (2009–present)
• Coonty mayor	Laila Øygarden   Arbeiderpartiet   (2007–present)
Area (#14 in Norawa, 2.73% o Norawa's land aurie)
• Total	9158.15 km2 (3,535.98 sq mi)
• Laund	8353.31 km2 (3,225.23 sq mi)
• Water	804.54 km2 (310.63 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	106,842
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
• Chynge (10 years)	4.3 %
• Rank in Norawa	18 (2.26% of country)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Income (per caipita)	135,700 NOK
GDP (per caipita)	208,275 NOK (2001)
Naitional Rank:	18 (1.40% o kintra)
Website	www.austagderfk.no/
Data frae Statistics Norway

Aust-Agder (help·info) is a coonty (fylke) in Norawa, borderin Telemark, Rogaland, an Vest-Agder. In 2002, thare wur 102,945 indwallers, which is 2.2% o the tot population in Norawa. Its aurie is 9,212 square kilometre (3,557 sq mi). The admeenistrative centre o the coonty is in Arendal.

The coonty, which is locatit at the Skagerrak coast, extends frae Gjernestangen at Risør tae Kvåsefjorden at Lillesand. The inner pairts o the aurie includes Setesdalsheiene an Austheiene. The majority o the population live near the coast; aboot 78% o the coonty's indwallers live in the five coastal municipalities Arendal, Grimstad, Lillesand, Tvedestrand an Risør. The rest o the coonty is spairsely populatit. Tourism is important, as Arendal an the ither coastal touns are popular attractions.

The coonty includes the islands o Tromøy, Justøya, an Sandøya. The interior o the coonty encompasses the traditional destrict o Setesdal, throu which the Otra river flows tae the coast.

• Poleetical map Archived 2016-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Aust-Agder fylkeskommune (in English) Archived 2004-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Photogallery Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine