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Lillesand (town)

Lillesand kommune
Municipality
Blindleia in Lillesand
Blindleia in Lillesand
Coat of arms of Lillesand kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Lillesand kommune
Aust-Agder within
Norway
Lillesand within Aust-Agder
Lillesand within Aust-Agder
Coordinates: 58°14′49″N 8°19′1″E / 58.24694°N 8.31694°E / 58.24694; 8.31694Coordinates: 58°14′49″N 8°19′1″E / 58.24694°N 8.31694°E / 58.24694; 8.31694
Country Norway
County Aust-Agder
District Sørlandet
Administrative centre Lillesand
Government
 • Mayor (2003) Arne Thomassen (H)
Area
 • Total 190.25 km2 (73.46 sq mi)
 • Land 180.36 km2 (69.64 sq mi)
 • Water 9.89 km2 (3.82 sq mi)
Area rank 335 in Norway
Population (2010)
 • Total 9,465
 • Rank 117 in Norway
 • Density 52.5/km2 (136/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 7.4 %
Demonym(s) Lillesandar
Lillesander
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-0926
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.lillesand.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

About this sound Lillesand  is a town and municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Lillesand.

The town of Lillesand was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1962, the rural municipalities of Høvåg (population: 1,330) and Vestre Moland (population: 2,454), the Gitmarkgårdene area of Eide (population: 22), and the town of Lillesand (population: 1,041) were merged to form a new, enlarged municipality of Lillesand.

The Old Norse form of the name was just Sandr which means "sand beach". The first element lille which means "little" was added after the founding of Kristiansand in 1641 to distinguish it from the greater and more important one.

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1987. The arms show three anchors on a blue background, which symbolizes the connection that the municipality has with the sea.

Sanden, which consisted of the small area near the harbor, was the original name for the municipality of Lillesand. Lillesand is built on the ancient estate of Lofthus. Christian Jensen Lofthuus was captured on his Lofthus estate around 1780.


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