page_title: Kristiansand Region
section_title: Cities and towns
hierarchical_section_title: Kristiansand Region / Geography / Cities and towns
caption_attribution_description: English: Bystranda
context_page_description: Kristiansand Region is a statistical metropolitan region in the counties of Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder in southern Norway. It is centered on the city of Kristiansand. The region consist of 6 municipalities in the centre of Southern Norway. Vennesla, Songdalen, and Birkenes are inland municipalities while Kristiansand, Søgne, and Lillesand are coastal municipalities. Kristiansand is the largest municipality in population in the region and Birkeland is the largest in area.
context_section_description: Cities and towns in Norway are designated with this special status by the government.  City status in Norway has no special benefits anymore, but historically it did.  Cities and towns in Norway are called byer.  Other urban areas without that status are called tettsteder which roughly translates as village in English.  Kristiansand and Lillesand are the only cities/towns in the region.
caption: Kristiansand
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