Høllen is a
fishing village in
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...
municipality in
Agder county,
Norway
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. The village is located at the mouth of the river
Søgneelva
Songdalselva or Søgneelva or Songa is a river in Agder county, Norway. The long river in the hills between Finsland in Kristiansand municipality and Hægeland in Vennesla municipality. The catchment area is located between the Otra river and ...
, between the villages of
Eig to the west,
Tangvall to the north, and
Åros to the east. Høllen is part of the greater
Søgne 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 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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