Lindesnes Region

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Lindesnes Region

| native_name = Lindesnesregionen

| native_name_lang = no

| settlement_type = Metropolitan Region (Metro)

| image_skyline = Lindesnes lighthouse.jpg

| image_caption = Lindesnes Lighthouse, the southernmost point of Norway

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| image_map = File: Sørlandets regioner.jpg

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| map_caption = Lindesnes Region in orange, in the map of Agder.

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Norway

| subdivision_type1 = Capital

| subdivision_name1 = {{lang|no|Mandal}}

| subdivision_type2 = County ({{lang|no|fylke}})

| subdivision_name2 = Vest-Agder

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| area_total_km2 = 2072.55

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| population_total = 25454

| population_as_of = 2016

| population_density_km2 = auto

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The Lindesnes Region (or Mandal Region) is the metropolitan region surrounding the town of Mandal in Southern Norway. The region has no governmental functions, but it encompasses five municipalities in Vest-Agder county, primarily covering two large river valleys: Mandalen and Audnedalen. The region is Norway's southernmost region and it borders the Kristiansand Region to the east and the Lister Region to the west.

Municipalities

The Lindesnes Region includes the following municipalities:

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!Name

!Coat of arms

!Adm. center

!Population{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/folkemengde/aar-per-1-januar/2016-02-19?fane=tabell&sort=nummer&tabell=256009|publisher=Statistisk Sentralbyrå|title=Population 1 January. The whole country, counties and municipalities|accessdate=2016-12-30}}

!Areal
{{small|km²}}{{cite web|url=http://www.statkart.no/Documents/Fakta%20om%20Norge/Arealstatistikk_kommuner_2014.pdf|publisher=Statens kartverk|title=Arealstatistikk for Norge|year=2014|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2016-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409010707/http://www.statkart.no/Documents/Fakta%20om%20Norge/Arealstatistikk_kommuner_2014.pdf|archive-date=2014-04-09|url-status=dead}}

!Language

!Location

align="center" |1002

|Mandal

| align="center" |File:NO 1002 Mandal.svg

|File:Mandal komm.svg

| align="center" |Mandal

| align="right" |15,529

| align="right" |{{nts|222.56}}

| align="center" |Bokmål

| align="center" |Coast

align="center" |1021

|Marnardal

| align="center" |File:NO 1021 Marnardal.svg

|File:Marnardal komm.svg

| align="center" |Heddeland

| align="right" |2,290

| align="right" |{{nts|395.01}}

| align="center" |Nøytral

| align="center" |Inland

align="center" |1026

|Åseral

| align="center" |File:NO 1026 Åseral.svg

|File:Åseral komm.svg

| align="center" |Kyrkjebygda

| align="right" |942

| align="right" |{{nts|887.52}}

| align="center" |Nynorsk

| align="center" |Inland

align="center" |1027

|Audnedal

| align="center" |File:NO 1027 Audnedal.svg

|File:Audnedal komm.svg

| align="center" |Konsmo

| align="right" |1,750

| align="right" |{{nts|251.45}}

| align="center" |Nøytral

| align="center" |Inland

align="center" |1029

|Lindesnes

| align="center" |File:NO 1029 Lindesnes.svg

|File:Lindesnes komm (2020).svg

| align="center" |Vigeland

| align="right" |4,943

| align="right" |{{nts|316.01}}

| align="center" |Bokmål

| align="center" |Coast

File:Mandal sentrum og Mandalselva.jpg

References