Høllen is a
fishing village
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in
Kristiansand
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municipality in
Agder
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county,
Norway
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. The village is located at the mouth of the river
Søgneelva, between the villages of
Eig to the west,
Tangvall
Tangvall is a village in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. It was the administrative centre of the old Søgne municipality which existed until 2020. The village is located along the European route E39 highway and the river Søgne ...
to the north, and
Ã…ros
Åros is a village in Røyken in Asker municipality in Viken county, Norway. The population of Åros (2005) is about 1 142.
Location
Ã…ros is located on the peninsula of Hurumlandet along the western side of the Oslofjord. The river Ã…rose ...
to the east. Høllen is part of the greater
Søgne
Søgne is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 2020 when it was merged with the municipalities of Songdalen and Kristiansand into the "new" Kristiansand municipality in what is n ...
urban area. It has a well-protected harbour and over the centuries has had shipyards, a post office, and it was the site of a
Thing
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* An object
* Broadly, an entity
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in the 1500s. There is regular ferry boat service to
Ny-Hellesund from Høllen.
As a part of the greater Søgne urban area in Kristiansand, separate population statistics are not tracked for Høllen. Altogether, the urban area has a population (2015) of 9,147 which gives it a
population density
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of .
References
Villages in Agder
Søgne
Kristiansand
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