Vågsbygd

Vågsbygd is a borough and district in the city of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is the largest borough and district in Kristiansand. Until 1965, Vågsbygd was a part of Oddernes municipality. The borough includes the districts of Flekkerøy, Voiebyen, Vågsbygd/Augland, and Slettheia. The Kristiansand Cannon Museum on Kroodden is an authentic fortress from World War II.

Vågsbygd
Borough of Kristiansand
View of the Vågsbygd from Slettheia
Coat of arms
Location of Vågsbygd, shown in yellow, in Kristiansand
Coordinates: 58.10°N 7.94°E / 58.10; 7.94
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Vest-Agder
District	Kristiansand
Municipality	Kristiansand
Elevation [1]	19 m (62 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Total	36,210
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code prefix	462*, 467*
Website

The Vågsbygd district includes many islands including Bragdøya, Andøya, Fredriksholm, and Flekkerøya (with Christiansø Fortress).

Attractions

Centre for the Protection of Vessels

On Andøya in Vågsbygd is the Bredalsholmen Shipyard and Preservation Centre, a Centre for protection of vessels at the former Bredalsholmen yard. Bredalsholmen Shipyard and Preservation Centre is a national hub for maintenance of museum ships and cherish worthy coastal culture, and a drydock with considerable capacity.[2]

Cannon Museum

Main article: Kristiansand Cannon Museum

Kristiansand Cannon Museum was built by the German occupational forces during World War II. This is one of Norway's best preserved cannon plants from the war, complete with 45 mm cannon turrets, ammunition and charging facilities, workshops, offices and barracks.[3]

Demographics and population

Vågsbygd borough is divided into four districts: Flekkerøy, Voiebyen, Slettheia, and Vågsbygd.

List of districts and population

Nr	District	Population[4]	Map
1	Vågsbygd (Centrum)	22,000
2	Voiebyen	6,000
3	Slettheia	4,500
4	Flekkerøy	3,500

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods in Vågsbygd:

Vågsbygd	Voiebyen	Slettheia	Flekkerøy
Augeland terrasse Augelandslia Kjerrheia Kjos Haveby nord Kjos Haveby sør Nordtjønnåsen Skyllingsheia Vågsbygd sentrum Vågsbygd søndre Åsane	Andøya Bråvann Kroodden Møvik Skutevik Voiebyen nordvest Voiebyen nordøst Voiebyen sørvest Voiebyen sørøst	Fiskåtangen Gislemyr Kartheia Nedre Slettheia Slettheia sør Slettheitoppen vest Slettheitoppen øst Slettheiveien Øvre Slettheia	Kjære/Andås Lindebø/Skålevik Mæbø/Høyfjellet

Vågsbygd sentrum

Vågsbygd sentrum
Neighborhood in Kristiansand
View of the neighborhood
Vågsbygd sentrum Location of the neighborhood Show map of Vest-Agder Vågsbygd sentrum Vågsbygd sentrum (Norway) Show map of Norway
Coordinates: 58.124°N 7.955°E / 58.124; 7.955
Country	Norway
County	Vest-Agder
Municipality	Kristiansand
Borough	Vågsbygd
District	Vågsbygd
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	4621
Area code	38

Vågsbygd sentrum is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is the centrum of the borough of Vågsbygd. Vågsbygd sentrum is north of the neighborhood of Auglandskollen, south of Kjerrheia, east of Bjørklia, and west of Skyllingsheia.[5]

Vågsbygd Mall is located here along with Vågsbygd High School, Fiskå Junior High, and Vågsbygd Elementary School. Vågsbygd Church is located here as well near the Vågsbygdtunet retirement home and a bus terminal for Nettbuss. Vågsbygd sentrum mostly consist of apartments.

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  Vågsbygd High School
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  Vågsbygd Church
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  Vågsbygdtunet Retirement Home

Transportation

Roads through Vågsbygd centrum:[6]

Road	Stretch
Fv456	Hannevika - Søgne

Bus lines through Vågsbygd centrum[7]

Line	Destinations
M1	Flekkerøy - Sørlandsparken Dyreparken - IKEA
M1	Flekkerøy - Kvadraturen
M2	Voiebyen - Hånes
M2	Voiebyen - Hånes - Lauvåsen
M2	Voiebyen - Hånes / Kjevik - Tveit
M2	Voiebyen - Kvadraturen
M3	Vågsbygd sentrum - Slettheia - Søm
05	Andøya - Vågsbygd sentrum
05	Andøya - Kvadraturen - UiA
09	Bråvann - Vågsbygd sentrum
09	Bråvann - Kvadraturen - UiA
12	Kjos Haveby - Eg - Sykehuset
50	Søgne - Kristiansand
D2	Voiebyen - Kvadraturen - UiA
D3	Vågsbygd sentrum - Slettheia - Kvadraturen - UiA

Photos

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  Åshavn
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  Skålevik
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  Møvik
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  Ternevig in Møvik
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  Voiebyen sørøst
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  Auglandsbukta
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  Vågsbygdtunet with Kjos in the background
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  Skyllingsheia
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  Vågsbygd sentrum
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  Fiskåtangen
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  Slettheiveien
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  Slettheitoppen
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  Øvre Slettheia

Politics

Vågsbygd from sea

Vågsbygd Centrum

The 10 largest politics parties in Vågsbygd in 2015:

Kristiansand city council votes from Vågsbygd district 2015[8]
Labour Party	33.6% (858 votes)
Conservative Party	20.3% (518 votes)
Christian Democratic Party	15% (382 votes)
Progress Party	8% (204 votes)
Green Party	5.1% (131 votes)
Liberal Party	4.2% (108 votes)
Socialist Left Party	3.6% (91 votes)
The Democrats	3% (77 votes)
Pensioners' Party	2.4% (62 votes)
Red	1.9% (48 votes)
Centre Party	1.5% (37 votes)
Others	1.7% (44 votes)
Total	2516 votes

Vågsbygd Society and Culture Hall

Kristiansand city council votes from Vågsbygd borough 2015[8]
Labour Party	2173 votes
Conservative Party	1668 votes
Christian Democratic Party	1619 votes
Progress Party	619 votes
Green Party	288 votes
Liberal Party	241 votes
Socialist Left Party	437 votes
The Democrats	418 votes
Pensioners' Party	153 votes
Red	132 votes
Centre Party	86 votes
Total	7670 votes

Education

List of schools in Vågsbygd

Name	Location	Type[9]
Fiskå skole	Vågsbygd sentrum	Junior High
Flekkerøy skole	Flekkerøy	Elementary school
Karuss skole	Karuss	Elementary and Junior High
Lindebøskauen skole	Flekkerøy	Junior High
Møvik skole	Møvik	Junior High
Sjøstranden skole	Voiebyen	Elementary
Slettheia skole	Nedre Slettheia	Elementary
Torkelsmyra skole	Steindalen	Elementary
Voiebyen skole	Voiebyen	Elementary
Vågsbygd skole	Vågsbygd sentrum	Elementary
Vågsbygd videregående skole	Vågsbygd sentrum	High School
Øvre Slettheia skole	Slettheitoppen	Elementary
Åsane skole	Åsane	Elementary

Photos

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  Fiskå Junior High
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  Møvig Junior High
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  Vågsbygd High School

Religion

There are 3 churches in Vågsbygd.

• Flekkerøy Church is the only church at the island Flekkerøya. It was built in 1960 with a capacity of 375 people. The church was built out of concrete, there is a graveyard with the church.
• Voie Church is located in Voiebyen, the church is the newest one in Vågsbygd, it was built in 1990 with no graveyard with the church. It has a capacity of 500 and is built by bricks.
• Vågsbygd Church is located in Vågsbygd centrum and has a capacity of 650 people. There is no graveyard with the church and was built in 1967.
• There is a Mormon church located at Slettheia.

Photos

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  Flekkerøy Church
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  Slettheia Mormon Church is the only Mormon church in Kristiansand
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  Vågsbygd Church is the largest church in the borough

Transportation

Road

County Road 457. The Flekkerøy tunnel at the mainland

The Vågsbygdport

Vågsbygdveien

Bus bound for Slettheia

County Road 456 is the main road in to Vågsbygd, the highway part starts with European route E39 in Hannevika and ends with a roundabout in Vågsbygd centrum. That part of the road is called the Vågsbygdport cause it goes threw a tunnel between the city and Vågsbygd. It was recently upgraded to 4 files in 2014. The old 456, goes from Hannevika around Blørstad and ends with Trekanten. County Road 456 continues there with the shore till Voiebyen before it goes west and ends in Søgne. From Flekkerøya, County Road 457 goes from the island threw the Flekkerøy Tunnel to the mainland and meets County Road 456 with Voie.

European Route E39 goes between Vågsbygd and Grim before exiting into Songdalen.

Notable roads in Vågsbygd

Line	Destination[10]
E39	Downtown - Kartheia - Stavanger
Fv8	Åshavn - Skålevik
Fv456	Hannevika - Trekanten - Vågsbygd centrum - Voiebyen - Søgne
Fv457	Voie - Flekkerøy

Bus

County Road 456 with Trekanten

Bus in Vågsbygd is mostly served by line: M1, M2, M3, 05, 09 and 12

Bus transportation from/through Vågsbygd

Line	Destination[10]
M1	Flekkerøy - Sørlandsparken Dyreparken-IKEA
M1	Flekkerøy - Kvadraturen
M2	Voiebyen - Hånes
M2	Voiebyen - Hånes-Lauvåsen
D2	Voiebyen - Kvadraturen
D2	Voiebyen - Kvadraturen-UiA
N2	Flekkerøy - Voiebyen - Kvadraturen
M3	Vågsbygd kirke - Slettheia - Søm
D3	Vågsbygd kirke - Slettheia - Kvadraturen
D3	Vågsbygd kirke - Slettheia - Kvadraturen-UiA
N3	Vågsbygd kirke - Slettheia - Søm
05	Andøya - Vågsbygd kirke
05	Andøya - Kvadraturen
05	Andøya - Kvadraturen-UiA
09	Bråvann - Vågsbygd kirke
09	Bråvann - Kvadraturen
09	Bråvann - Kvadraturen-UiA
12	Kjos Haveby - Eg-Sykehuset
50	Søgne - Kristiansand
50	Søgne - Kristiansand-UiA

Economy

Agriculture is largely left in Vågsbygd and replaced by residential and industrial areas. Vågsbygd has considerable industry, who has survived major changes. The largest employer is all the same Elkem Solar producing super clean Silicon for solar cells, which are located in premises that Elkem previous Ferrosilicon factory Fiskå Verk. On Andøya it established a significant and advanced mechanical industry which produces offshore and marine cranes and other marine equipment in Andøya Industrial Park.

Amfi Vågsbygd is the second largest mall in Kristiansand, after Sørlandssenteret. It is located in Vågsbygd Centrum with 45 stores and a part of the Amfi Mall chain.

Trekanten Mall is a smaller mall located in Trekanten off the highway County Road 456. It is located in Slettheia and the mall contains a grocery store, floweriest, hair salon, furniture store, gas station and a dentist office.

Fædrelandsvennen, the newspaper for Kristiansand and the Kristiansand Region used to be located on Fiskå from the 70s before it moved back to Kvadraturen in 2015.

Photos

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  Andøya Industrial Park
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  Andøya Industrial Park
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  Norwegian Fartøyvernsener on Andøya
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  Andøya Gård
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  Elkem Solar at Fiskå Verk
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  Vågsbygd Mall
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  Trekanten Mall

References

1. "Vågsbygda, Kristiansand (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
2. "Bredalsholmen Dokk og Fartøyvernsenter" (in Norwegian).
3. History at the Kristiansand Cannon Museums Homepage
4. "Befolkning i Kristiansand". ssb.no. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
5. "Kristiansand kommune - Start". www.kristiansand.kommune.no. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
6. "Informasjon om veg og trafikk". www.vegvesen.no. Statens vegvesen. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
7. "Hjem / Agder Kollektivtrafikk". www.akt.no. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
8. "VG - Valgnatt" (in Norwegian). vg.no. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
9. "MinSkole".
10. "AKT".