Lillesand is the administrative centre of

Lillesand Lillesand () is List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality ...

municipality in

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county,

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. The

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is located along the

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coast, about southwest of the town of

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and about northeast of the city of

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 incorporati ...

. The town has a population (2019) of 7,966 and a

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of . In Norway, Lillesand is considered a which can be translated as either a "town" or "city" in English.

Lillesand Church Lillesand () is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Lillesand. Some of the larger villages in Lillesand municipality include ...

is located in the town and it is the seat of the Vest-Nedenes prosti (deanery). The

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passes by the town, one of the main roads along southeastern Norway. The

Blindleia Blindleia is an long inland waterway in the municipality of Lillesand in Agder county, Norway. The strait starts in the ''Gamle Hellesund'' or ''Ulvøysund'' areas in southern Høvåg in the southwest (near Kristiansand) and it continues northe ...

strait is an inland waterway that leads from the

Høvåg Høvåg (historically: ''Høvaag'') is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1865 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Lill ...

area northwards to the town of Lillesand.

History

The village of Lillesand grew up significantly during the 17th century around its

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. In 1821, the village area was granted the status as a '' ladested'' (a sea port with special trading rights). In 1838, the new formannskapsdistrikt law established each

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in Norway as a self-governing local municipality and each ''ladested'' was separate from its surrounding parish. This meant that Lillesand became self-governing like the new civil municipalities. Later, in 1952, the town became classified as a ''bykommune'' (town-municipality). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1962, the town of Lillesand (population: 1,041) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of

(population: 1,330) and

Vestre Moland Vestre Moland is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Møglestu where the Vestre Moland Church is located. The municipality existed from 1838 until ...

(population: 2,454) and the Gitmark farm area (population: 22) in the neighboring municipality of

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. Together, this new municipality was called

, but it lost is status as a ''bykommune'' (town) because of this merger. In 1996, the law changed and this enabled the municipal council of Lillesand to declare town status for Lillesand once again.

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Lillesand 1 - panoramio.jpg, Standgata Lillesand - Øvre gate.jpg, Øvre gate Lillesand Henschiengården.jpg, The town hall, Henschiengården Lillesand Customs house IV.jpg, The old customs house Carl Knudsen-gården.JPG, The museum at Carl Knudsen-gården

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* * {{Authority control Lillesand Port cities and towns of the North Sea Port cities and towns in Norway Cities and towns in Norway Populated places in Agder 1821 establishments in Norway 1961 disestablishments in Norway 1996 establishments in Norway

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