Vest-Agder

(Wast Agder) is a coonty in Norawa, borderin Rogaland tae the wast an Aust-Agder tae the east. In 2002 there wur 157,851 inhabitants, which is 3.4% o the total population in Norawa. Its aurie is . The coonty admeenistration is locatit in Kristiansand.

Shipping, commerce an recreation are the main industries here. Compared tae ither coonties o Norawa, Vest-Agder is notit for haein the heichest level o foreign exports. Anither internaitional dimension linkit tae the coonty is the lairge-scale emigration tae North Americae that teuk place frae the 1850s an onwards, which resultit in mony Americans returnin tae the coonty efter Norawa became prosperous. This featur is pairticularly predominant in Kvinesdal an Farsund, which maintains strang cultural links wi the Unitit States.

 See an aw 
 Aust-Agder
 Sørlandet
 Agder
 Umwhile municipalities o Vest-Agder

 External links 
 Vest-Agder fylkeskommune 
 Vest-Agder: Norway’s southernmost county 

 References 


Category:Umwhile coonties o Norawa