Vestbygd or Borhaug is a village in

Farsund is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Farsund (town ...

municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located on the southwestern shore of the

Lista Lista is a former municipality located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Vanse where Vanse Church is located. Lista municip ...

peninsula, about straight west of the village of

Vanse Vanse is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about west of the town of Farsund and about east of the village of Vestbygd. The Farsund Airport, Lista is located just west of Vanse. The village was t ...

. The

Farsund Airport, Lista Farsund Airport, Lista (, ) is an airport situated on the Lista peninsula in the municipality of Farsund in Agder county, Norway. The village of Vestbygd, Vest-Agder, Vestbygd lies on the southwest side of the airport and the small village of Ore, ...

is located on the east side of Vestbygd. The

Lista Lighthouse Lista Lighthouse () is a coastal lighthouse located at the western side of the Lista peninsula, a short distance northwest of the village of Vestbygd in the municipality of Farsund in Agder county, Norway. The lighthouse sits on a cape on the ...

lies just west of the village. The village has a small harbour, surrounded by a

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which protects it from the open

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Vestbygda Chapel Vestbygda Chapel () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Farsund Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vestbygd. It is one of the two churches for the Lista parish which is part of the Lister og Mandal p ...

is located in the village. The fishing village once had a thriving boatbuilding business, but that is now closed. Lista Vestbygd IMG 0990

The village has a population (2015) of 1,123 which gives the village a

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of .

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Villages in Agder Farsund {{Agder-geo-stub