Kristiansand

Kristiansand
City
Descending, from top: Area photo of Kvadraturen, Street at Kvadraturen, Fiskebrygga, Varoddbrua E18, Flekkerøy, Bystranda
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Port of Norway
Kristiansand Location in Norway
Coordinates: 58°8′50″N 7°59′50″E / 58.14722°N 7.99722°E / 58.14722; 7.99722Coordinates: 58°8′50″N 7°59′50″E / 58.14722°N 7.99722°E / 58.14722; 7.99722
Country	Norway
Municipality	Kristiansand
County	Vest-Agder
District	Kristiansandregion
Established	1641
Government
• Mayor	Harald Furre
Area
• City	261.11 km2 (100.82 sq mi)
• Urban	25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi)
• Metro	1,892.8 km2 (730.8 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• City	87,446
• Density	330/km2 (870/sq mi)
• Urban	97,846
• Urban density	3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
• Metro	155,648
• Metro density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
• Municipality/Urban rank	5th/5th
• Metro rank	5th
Demonym(s)	Kristiansander
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	www.kristiansand.kommune.no

Kristiansand [²kristjɑnˌsɑn]  (listen), historically Christiansand, is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the fifth largest city in Norway and the municipality is the sixth largest in Norway, with a population of 88 598 as of June 2016. In addition to the city itself, Statistics Norway counts 4 other densely populated areas in the municipality: Skålevik in Flekkerøy with a population of 3,526 in the Vågsbygd borough, Strai with a population of 1,636 in the Grim borough, Justvik with a population of 1,803 in the Lund borough, and Tveit with a population of 1,396 (as of January 2012^[update]) in the Oddernes borough. Kristiansand is divided into five boroughs: Grim, which is located northwest in Kristiansand with a population of 15,000; Kvadraturen, which is the centre and downtown Kristiansand with a population of 5,200; Lund, the second largest borough; Oddernes, a borough located in the west; and Vågsbygd, the largest borough with a population of 36,000, located in the southwest.

Kristiansand is connected with four main roads: European Route E18 from Oslo, Aust-Agder and covers the eastern part of Kristiansand; European route E39 from Stavanger, Flekkefjord and the coast towns and villages in Vest-Agder; Norwegian National Road 9 from Evje, Setesdal and Grim; and Norwegian National Road 41 from Telemark, northern Aust-Agder, Birkeland, Tveit and the airport Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. Varodd Bridge is a large bridge and a part of E18, which stretches over Topdalsfjorden.