Østre Agder

Østre Agder is a district or region in Agder county in southern Norway. The district covers the eastern, coastal areas of the county including the eight municipalities of Arendal, Tvedestrand, Risør, Grimstad, Gjerstad, Vegårshei, Åmli, and Froland. The city of Arendal is the largest city in the region. Other cities in the district include Tvedestrand, Grimstad, and Risør.[1] This region is bounded by Telemark county to the north, by the Setesdal region to the northwest, and by the Kristiansand Region to the southwest.

Østre Agder Region Østre Agder regionen
Metropolitan Region (Metro)
Østre Agder Region in teal, in the map of Agder.
Coordinates: 58.8°N 8.8°E / 58.8; 8.8
Country	Norway
Capital	Arendal
County (fylke)	Agder
Area
• Total	3,435 km^2 (1,326 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	92,439
• Density	27/km^2 (70/sq mi)

Østre Agder has about 92,400 residents in its 3,435-square-kilometre (1,326 sq mi) area.[2][3] The Aust-Agder District Court is the court system that covers all of Østre Agder. The district includes all of the Church of Norway deaneries of Aust-Nedenes prosti (Gjerstad, Vegårshei, Åmli, Tvedestrand, and Risør) and Arendal prosti (Arendal and Froland) as well as a part of the Vest-Nedenes prosti (Grimstad).

Municipalities

The Østre Agder Region includes the following municipalities:

Nr.	Map	Name	Coat-of-arms	Adm. center	Population[2]	Area km²[3]	Language	Location
0901	Risør			Risør	6,936	192.98	Neutral	Coast
0904	Grimstad			Grimstad	22,692	303.58	Bokmål	Coast
0906	Arendal			Arendal	44,576	270.21	Bokmål	Coast
0911	Gjerstad			Gjerstad	2,511	322.14	Neutral	Inland
0912	Vegårshei			Myra	2,104	355.65	Neutral	Inland
0914	Tvedestrand			Tvedestrand	6,051	215.05	Bokmål	Coast
0919	Froland			Blakstad	5,713	644.54	Neutral	Inland
0929	Åmli			Åmli	1,856	1,130.61	Nynorsk	Inland

References

1. "Forsiden - Aust-Agder fylkeskommune". www.austagderfk.no. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
2. Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-12-26.
3. "Arealstatistikk for Norge" (in Norwegian). Statens kartverk. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-12-27.