Mosby, Norway
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Mosby is a village and district in the
Torridal Torridal is a V-shaped valley in Agder county, Norway. The valley passes through portions of the municipalities of Kristiansand and Vennesla in an area that was historically a part of the former Oddernes (municipality), Oddernes municipality. Toda ...
valley in
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municipality in
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county,
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. The village lies along the river
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, between the villages of Aukland and Strai (to the south) and the municipal border with
Vennesla Vennesla is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Venn ...
to the north. Mosby's population in 1999 was 1,950, but since 2001 it has been considered to be a part of the urban area of
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so separate village statistics are not tracked.


Neighbourhoods

*Haus *Heisel *Høietun *Lindekleiv *Mosby *Øvre Mosby


Transportation


Notable People

* Eva Margot (1944-2019), a painter.


References

Villages in Agder Populated places in Agder Geography of Kristiansand Boroughs of Kristiansand {{Agder-geo-stub