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Aust-Agder

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Aust-Agder fylke
Coat of airms o Aust-Agder fylke
Coat airms
Aust-Agder athin Norawa
Aust-Agder athin Norawa
KintraNorawa
CoontyAust-Agder
RegionSørlandet
Coonty IDNO-09
Offeecial leid formNeutral
DemonymAustegde
Admeenistrative centreArendal
Govrenment
 • GovrenorØystein Djupedal
  Sosialistisk Venstreparti
  (2009–present)
 • Coonty mayorLaila Øygarden
  Arbeiderpartiet
  (2007–present)
Area
(#14 in Norawa, 2.73% o Norawa's land aurie)
 • Total9158.15 km2 (3,535.98 sq mi)
 • Laund8353.31 km2 (3,225.23 sq mi)
 • Water804.54 km2 (310.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total106,842
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Chynge (10 years)
4.3 %
 • Rank in Norawa
18 (2.26% of country)
Time zoneUTC+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)
Websitewww.austagderfk.no/

Aboot this soondAust-Agder  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.

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