Lindesnes Region

The Lindesnes Region (or Mandal Region) is the metropolitan region surrounding the town of Mandal in Southern Norway. The region has no governmental functions, but it encompasses five municipalities in Vest-Agder county, primarily covering two large river valleys: Mandalen and Audnedalen. The region is Norway's southernmost region and it borders the Kristiansand Region to the east and the Lister Region to the west.

Lindesnes Region Lindesnesregionen
Metropolitan Region (Metro)
Lindesnes Lighthouse, the southernmost point of Norway
Lindesnes Region in orange, in the map of Agder.
Coordinates: 58.6°N 7.8°E / 58.6; 7.8
Country	Norway
Capital	Mandal
County (fylke)	Vest-Agder
Area
• Total	2,072.55 km2 (800.22 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	25,454
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)

Municipalities

The Lindesnes Region includes the following municipalities:

Nr	Map	Name	Coat of arms	Adm. center	Population[1]	Areal km²[2]	Language	Location
1002	Mandal			Mandal	15,529	222.56	Bokmål	Coast
1021	Marnardal			Heddeland	2,290	395.01	Nøytral	Inland
1026	Åseral			Kyrkjebygda	942	887.52	Nynorsk	Inland
1027	Audnedal			Konsmo	1,750	251.45	Nøytral	Inland
1029	Lindesnes			Vigeland	4,943	316.01	Bokmål	Coast

Mandal, the largest city and capital of the Lindesnes Region

References

1. "Population 1 January. The whole country, counties and municipalities". Statistisk Sentralbyrå. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
2. "Arealstatistikk for Norge" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statens kartverk. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2016-12-30.