Vågsbygd is a

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History ...

and district in the city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

Agder Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...

county,

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. It is the largest borough and district in Kristiansand. Until 1965, Vågsbygd was a part of

Oddernes Oddernes is a List of boroughs of Kristiansand, borough in the Kristiansand (town), city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The borough covers eastern Kristiansand on the east side of the Topda ...

municipality. The borough includes the districts of

Flekkerøy Flekkerøy or Flekkerøya is an island and residential district in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The district is located within the borough of Vågsbygd, and it consists of 4 main neighborhoods: Berge/Andås, Kjære, Lindeb� ...

Voiebyen Voiebyen is a district in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The district has a population of about 6,000 people in 2014 and it is a part of the borough of Vågsbygd in the southwestern part of the city. The district of Vågsbygd li ...

, Vågsbygd/

Augland Augland is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The neighborhood is located in the borough of Vågsbygd Vågsbygd is a List of boroughs of Kristiansand, borough and district in the Kristiansand (town), city of ...

, and

Slettheia Slettheia is a district in the borough Vågsbygd in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The population was about 4,000 in 2014. It is the most populated immigrant settlement in Kristiansand. The district was the childhood home for C ...

. The Kristiansand Cannon Museum on

Kroodden Kroodden is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The neighborhood is located in the borough of Vågsbygd and in the district of Voiebyen. The Kristiansand Cannon Museum is located to the west of Kroodden. Kroodden ...

is an authentic fortress from

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. The Vågsbygd district includes many islands including

Bragdøya Bragdøya is an island in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The island is in the archipelago in the Kristiansandsfjorden, just south of the city of Kristiansand. The island is surrounded by the smaller islands of Svensholmen a ...

Andøya , , or is the northernmost island in the Vesterålen archipelago, situated about inside the Arctic Circle. Andøya is located in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The main population centres on the island include the villages of ...

, Fredriksholm, and Flekkerøya (with

Christiansø Fortress Christiansø Fortress is one of the historic Norwegian fortresses, which commands the western approaches to Flekkerøy harbor, at Kristiansand municipality in Norway. History In the early 17th century the struggle between the Netherlands Nav ...

Attractions

Centre for the Protection of Vessels

On Andøya in Vågsbygd is the Bredalsholmen Shipyard and Preservation Centre, a Centre for protection of vessels at the former Bredalsholmen yard. Bredalsholmen Shipyard and Preservation Centre is a national hub for maintenance of museum ships and cherish worthy coastal culture, and a

drydock A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, ...

with considerable capacity.

Cannon Museum

Kristiansand Cannon Museum was built by the German occupational forces during World War II. This is one of Norway's best preserved cannon plants from the war, complete with 45 mm cannon turrets, ammunition and charging facilities, workshops, offices and barracks.

Demographics and population

Vågsbygd borough is divided into four districts:

, and Vågsbygd.

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods in Vågsbygd:

Vågsbygd sentrum

Vågsbygd sentrum is a neighbourhood in the city of

county,

. It is the centrum of the borough of Vågsbygd. Vågsbygd sentrum is north of the neighborhood of Auglandskollen, south of

Kjerrheia Kjerrheia is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Vågsbygd and in the district of Vågsbygd. The neighborhood is located west of Fiskåtangen, north of Augland Augland is a neigh ...

, east of Bjørklia, and west of Skyllingsheia. Vågsbygd Mall is located here along with

Vågsbygd High School Vågsbygd is a borough and district in the city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It is the largest borough and district in Kristiansand. Until 1965, Vågsbygd was a part of Oddernes municipa ...

, Fiskå Junior High, and Vågsbygd Elementary School.

Vågsbygd Church Vågsbygd Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Augland neighborhood in the borough of Vågsbygd in the city of Kristiansand. It is the church for the Vågs ...

is located here as well near the Vågsbygdtunet retirement home and a bus terminal for

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. Vågsbygd sentrum mostly consist of apartments. Vaagsbygd vdg skole.jpg, Vågsbygd High School Vaagsbygd kirke.jpg, Vågsbygd Church Vågsbygdtunet.jpg, Vågsbygdtunet Retirement Home

= Transportation

Photos

Flekkerøy5.jpg, Åshavn Skålevik2.jpg, Skålevik Møvig, Kristiansand.jpg, Møvik Ternevig.jpg, Ternevig in Møvik Voiebyen1.jpg, Voiebyen sørøst Auglandsbukta.png, Auglandsbukta Vågsbygdtunet.jpg, Vågsbygdtunet with Kjos in the background FV456P Vågsbygd.jpg, Skyllingsheia Vågsbygd sentrum1.jpg, Vågsbygd sentrum Fiskåtangen.jpg, Fiskåtangen Øvre Slettheia.jpg, Slettheiveien Slettheia-10.jpg, Slettheitoppen Slettheia-1.jpg, Øvre Slettheia

Politics

The 10 largest politics parties in Vågsbygd in 2015:

Education

Photos

File:Fiskå Junior High.jpg, Fiskå Junior High File:Møvig skole1.jpg, Møvig Junior High File:Vågsbygd High School.jpg, Vågsbygd High School

Religion

There are 3 churches in Vågsbygd. *

Flekkerøy Church Flekkerøy Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mæbø on the island of Flekkerøy in the city of Kristiansand. It is the church for the Flekker ...

is the only church at the island Flekkerøya. It was built in 1960 with a capacity of 375 people. The church was built out of

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, there is a graveyard with the church. *

Voie Church Voie Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Møvik neighborhood in the district of Voiebyen in the borough of Vågsbygd in the Kristiansand (town), city of Kr ...

is located in Voiebyen, the church is the newest one in Vågsbygd, it was built in 1990 with no graveyard with the church. It has a capacity of 500 and is built by bricks. *

is located in Vågsbygd centrum and has a capacity of 650 people. There is no graveyard with the church and was built in 1967. *There is a

Mormon church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian restorationist Christian denomination and the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. Founded during ...

located at Slettheia.

Photos

File:Flekkeroy church.png, Flekkerøy Church File:Slettheia Mormon Church.jpg, Slettheia Mormon Church is the only Mormon church in Kristiansand File:Vaagsbygd kirke.jpg, Vågsbygd Church is the largest church in the borough

Transportation

Road

County Road 456 is the main road in to Vågsbygd, the highway part starts with

European route E39 European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim (city), Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other ...

Hannevika Hannevika or Hannevig / Hannevik is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Grim and in the district of Tinnheia. The neighborhood is located along the European route E39 highway and the ...

and ends with a roundabout in Vågsbygd centrum. That part of the road is called the Vågsbygdport cause it goes threw a tunnel between the city and Vågsbygd. It was recently upgraded to 4 files in 2014. The old 456, goes from Hannevika around Blørstad and ends with Trekanten. County Road 456 continues there with the shore till Voiebyen before it goes west and ends in

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 now ...

. From Flekkerøya, County Road 457 goes from the island threw the Flekkerøy Tunnel to the mainland and meets County Road 456 with

Voie Voie is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The neighborhood is located in the borough of Vågsbygd and in the district of Voiebyen. Voie lies along Norwegian County Road 456 and County Road 457. The only road to ...

. European Route E39 goes between Vågsbygd and

Grim GRIM (Groupe de recherche et d'improvisation musicales, roughly translated Group of Research and Musical Innovation), was a non-profit organization for improvised and experimental music. The GRIM was based at the Montévidéo, a cultural centre in ...

before exiting into

Songdalen Songdalen is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until 2020 when it was merged with Søgne and Kristiansand municipalities to form a new, much la ...

Bus

Bus in Vågsbygd is mostly served by line: M1, M2, M3, 05, 09 and 12

Economy

Agriculture is largely left in Vågsbygd and replaced by residential and industrial areas. Vågsbygd has considerable industry, who has survived major changes. The largest employer is all the same Elkem Solar producing super clean

Silicon Silicon is a chemical element; it has symbol Si and atomic number 14. It is a hard, brittle crystalline solid with a blue-grey metallic lustre, and is a tetravalent metalloid (sometimes considered a non-metal) and semiconductor. It is a membe ...

for solar cells, which are located in premises that

Elkem Elkem is a company that produces silicones, silicon, alloys for the foundry industry, carbon and microsilica, and other materials. Elkem was founded in 1904, has more than 7,000 employees and fields 30 production sites worldwide. Elkem has an oper ...

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factory ''Fiskå Verk''. On Andøya it established a significant and advanced mechanical industry which produces offshore and marine cranes and other marine equipment in Andøya Industrial Park.

Amfi Vågsbygd Amfi Vågsbygd is a shopping mall in the centrum of the borough of Vågsbygd in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Pen ...

is the second largest mall in Kristiansand, after

Sørlandssenteret Sørlandssenteret is among the largest shopping malls, shopping centres in Norway and Northern Europe.Fodor's European Ports of Call'. United Kingdom, Fodor's Travel Publications, 2011. 532. It lies 12 km east of Kristiansand, close to the ...

. It is located in Vågsbygd Centrum with 45 stores and a part of the Amfi Mall chain. Trekanten Mall is a smaller mall located in Trekanten off the highway County Road 456. It is located in Slettheia and the mall contains a grocery store, floweriest, hair salon, furniture store, gas station and a dentist office.

Fædrelandsvennen is a regional newspaper based in Kristiansand, Norway. It covers the southernmost part of the country, (Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder), focusing especially on the area between Mandal, Norway, Mandal and Lillesand (west and east of Kristiansand). ...

, the newspaper for Kristiansand and the

Kristiansand Region Kristiansand Region () is a statistical metropolitan region in Agder county in southern Norway. It is centered on the city of Kristiansand. The region consist of six municipalities in the centre of Southern Norway. Vennesla, Iveland, and Birkene ...

used to be located on Fiskå from the 70s before it moved back to Kvadraturen in 2015.

Photos

File:Andøya IMG 3200 kjosbukta.JPG, Andøya Industrial Park File:Andøya IMG 3221 kjosbukta.JPG, Andøya Industrial Park File:Norsk fartoyvernsenter Andoya.jpg, Norwegian Fartøyvernsener on Andøya File:Kristiansand IMG 5573 andöya gaard.JPG, Andøya Gård File:Elkem Solar 01.JPG, Elkem Solar at Fiskå Verk File:Vågsbygd sentrum.jpg, Vågsbygd Mall File:Vågsbygdporten1.jpg, Trekanten Mall

References

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