Vanse

{{for|the former municipality of Vanse in Vest-Agder, Norway|Lista}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Vanse

|other_name =

|native_name =

|nickname =

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Tettsteder i Farsund.jpg

|image_caption = View of the village location within Farsund

|pushpin_map = Agder#Norway

|pushpin_label_position = left

|pushpin_mapsize =

|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the village

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Southern Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Agder

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Lister

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Farsund

|timezone1 = CET

|utc_offset1 = +01:00

|timezone1_DST = CEST

|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00

|area_footnotes =

|area_total_km2 = 1.83

|population_as_of = 2015

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 2,016

|population_density_km2 = 1102

|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 4557 Vanse

|elevation_m = 6

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Vanse, Farsund (Vest-Agder)|url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Vest-Agder/Farsund/Vanse/|publisher=yr.no|access-date=2016-09-27}}

|coordinates = {{coord|58|05|53|N|06|41|30|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}

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Vanse is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about {{convert|4|km}} west of the town of Farsund and about {{convert|5|km}} east of the village of Vestbygd. The Farsund Airport, Lista is located just west of Vanse. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Lista from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The old municipality was known as Vanse from 1838 until 1911.{{cite web|url=https://snl.no/Vanse%2Ftettsted|title=Vanse – tettsted|author=Store norske leksikon|author-link=Store norske leksikon|language=no|access-date=2016-09-27}}

The {{convert|1.83|km2|acre|adj=on}} village has a population (2015) of 2,016 which gives the village a population density of {{convert|1102|PD/km2}}.{{cite web|title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality.|url=https://www.ssb.no/248689/urban-settlements.population-and-area-by-municipality.1-january-2015|date=1 January 2015|author-link=Statistics Norway|author=Statistisk sentralbyrå}}

Vanse Church is a medieval stone church, built in 1037 in the village of Vanse. A stone monument stands near the church. it is a memorial of fatalities during the Gunboat War (1807–1814). It is surrounded by authentic small cannons and a circle of stones with chain. A speech is held by this stone each year on Constitution Day, May 17.{{cite book|first=Kåre|last=Rudjord|year=1987|title=Listaboka IV. Bygdehistorie. Fra formannskapslov til kommunesammenslutning.|publisher=Farsund Kommune|pages=450–452|language=no}}