page_title: Mandal (town)
hierarchical_section_title: Mandal (town)
caption_attribution_description: Øvrebyen
context_page_description: Mandal is the administrative centre of Mandal municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is the second largest town by population in Vest-Agder county after Kristiansand and the fourth largest town in the Sørlandet/Agder region. The town is located at the mouth of the river Mandalselva at the southern end of the Mandalen valley. The 6.32-square-kilometre town has a population of 10,725 which gives the town a population density of 1,697 inhabitants per square kilometre.
  The town lies along the European route E39 highway, about 40 kilometres southwest of the town of Kristiansand and about 60 kilometres southeast of the town of Flekkefjord. Mandal has a few suburban villages lying just outside its borders such as Ime immediately to the east and Sånum to the southwest. The village of Krossen lies about 10 kilometres to the north, along the Mandalselva river.
context_section_description: Mandal is the administrative centre of Mandal municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway.  It is the second largest town by population in Vest-Agder county after Kristiansand and the fourth largest town in the Sørlandet/Agder region.  The town is located at the mouth of the river Mandalselva at the southern end of the Mandalen valley.  The 6.32-square-kilometre (1,560-acre) town has a population (2015) of 10,725 which gives the town a population density of 1,697 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,400/sq mi).
  The town lies along the European route E39 highway, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of the town of Kristiansand and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of the town of Flekkefjord.  Mandal has a few suburban villages lying just outside its borders such as Ime immediately to the east and Sånum to the southwest.  The village of Krossen lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the north, along the Mandalselva river.
caption: View of the town
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