Vågsbygd is a

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

and disrict in the city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporati ...

Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...

. It is the largest borough and district in Kristiansand. Until 1965, Vågsbygd was a part of

Oddernes Oddernes is a borough in the city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The borough covers eastern Kristiansand on the east side of the Topdalsfjorden and the Varodd Bridge. The borough includ ...

municipality. The borough includes the districts of

Flekkerøy Flekkerøy or Flekkerøya is an island and residential district in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The district is located within the borough of Vågsbygd, and it consists of 4 main neighborhoods: Berge/Andås, Kjære, Lindeb� ...

Voiebyen Voiebyen is a district in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The district has a population of about 6,000 people in 2014 and it is a part of the borough of Vågsbygd in the southwestern part of the city. The district of Vågsbygd l ...

, Vågsbygd/ Augland, and

Slettheia Slettheia is a district in the borough Vågsbygd in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The population was about 4,000 in 2014. It is the most populated immigrant settlement in Kristiansand. The district was the childhood home for C ...

. The

Kristiansand Cannon Museum Kristiansand Cannon Museum is a museum at Møvik, 8 kilometers west of the town centre of Kristiansand, Norway. The museum has collected authentic equipment from a former military installation. The name The coastal artillery fortress wa ...

on Kroodden is an authentic fortress from

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. The Vågsbygd district includes many islands including

Bragdøya Bragdøya is an island in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The island is in the archipelago in the Kristiansandsfjorden, just south of the city of Kristiansand. The island is surrounded by the smaller islands of Svensholmen a ...

Andøya Andøya is the northernmost island in the Vesterålen archipelago, situated about inside the Arctic circle. Andøya is located in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The main population centres on the island include the villages of ...

, 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.

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.

Demographics and population

Vågsbygd borough is divided into four districts:

, and Vågsbygd.

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods in Vågsbygd:

Vågsbygd sentrum

Vågsbygd sentrum is a neighbourhood in the city of

county,

. 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. 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 Vy Buss, formerly branded as Nettbuss, is the largest bus company in Norway, owned by Vy. It was established on 10 February 2000 as the continuation of the bus operations from former NSB Biltrafikk. In addition to bus services in major parts of ...

. Vågsbygd sentrum mostly consist of apartments. Vaagsbygd vdg skole.jpg, Vågsbygd High School Vaagsbygd kirke.jpg, Vågsbygd Church Vågsbygdtunet.jpg, Vågsbygdtunet Retirement Home

= Transportation

Photos

Flekkerøy5.jpg, Åshavn Skålevik2.jpg, Skålevik Møvig, Kristiansand.jpg, Møvik Ternevig.jpg, Ternevig in Møvik Voiebyen1.jpg, Voiebyen sørøst Auglandsbukta.png, Auglandsbukta Vågsbygdtunet.jpg, Vågsbygdtunet with Kjos in the background FV456P Vågsbygd.jpg, Skyllingsheia Vågsbygd sentrum1.jpg, Vågsbygd sentrum Fiskåtangen.jpg, Fiskåtangen Øvre Slettheia.jpg, Slettheiveien Slettheia-10.jpg, Slettheitoppen Slettheia-1.jpg, Øvre Slettheia

Politics

The 10 largest politics parties in Vågsbygd in 2015: Vågsbygd Culture Center

Education

Photos

File:Fiskå Junior High.jpg, Fiskå Junior High File:Møvig skole1.jpg, Møvig Junior High File:Vågsbygd High School.jpg, Vågsbygd High School

Religion

There are 3 churches in Vågsbygd. *

Flekkerøy Church Flekkerøy Church ( no, Flekkerøy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mæbø on the island of Flekkerøy in the city of Kristiansand. It is the ...

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 Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wid ...

, there is a graveyard with the church. *

Voie Church Voie Church ( no, Voie kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Møvik neighborhood in the district of Voiebyen in the borough of Vågsbygd in the city of Kristia ...

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

File:Flekkeroy church.png, Flekkerøy Church File:Slettheia Mormon Church.jpg, Slettheia Mormon Church is the only Mormon church in Kristiansand File:Vaagsbygd kirke.jpg, Vågsbygd Church is the largest church in the borough

Transportation

Road

County Road 456 is the main road in to Vågsbygd, the highway part starts with

European route E39 European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other single road in Eur ...

Hannevika Hannevika or Hannevig / Hannevik is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Grim and in the district of Tinnheia. The neighborhood is located along the European route E39 highway and t ...

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 Søgne is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 2020 when it was merged with the municipalities of Songdalen and Kristiansand into the "new" Kristiansand municipality in what is no ...

. From Flekkerøya, County Road 457 goes from the island threw the Flekkerøy Tunnel to the mainland and meets County Road 456 with

Voie Voie is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The neighborhood is located in the borough of Vågsbygd and in the district of Voiebyen. Voie lies along Norwegian County Road 456 and County Road 457. The only road to ...

. European Route E39 goes between Vågsbygd and

Grim Grim may refer to: People * Grim (surname) * Myron Grim Natwick (1890–1990), American artist, animator and film director best known for drawing Betty Boop Mythical or fictional characters * Grim, Old Norse ''Grímr'', from the Norse saga ''Gr ...

before exiting into

Songdalen Songdalen is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until 2020 when it was merged with Søgne and Kristiansand municipalities to form a new, much larger Kristiansand municipality in what i ...

Bus

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

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 Silicon is a chemical element with the symbol Si and atomic number 14. It is a hard, brittle crystalline solid with a blue-grey metallic luster, and is a tetravalent metalloid and semiconductor. It is a member of group 14 in the periodic ...

for solar cells, which are located in premises that

Elkem Elkem is a company that produces silicones, silicon, alloys for the foundry industry, carbon and microsilica, and other materials. Elkem was founded in 1904, has more than 7,000 employees and fields 30 production sites worldwide. Elkem has an ope ...

Ferrosilicon Ferrosilicon is an alloy of iron and silicon with a typical silicon content by weight of 15–90%. It contains a high proportion of iron silicides. Production and reactions Ferrosilicon is produced by reduction of silica or sand with coke in t ...

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 Sørlandssenteret is among the largest shopping centres in Norway and Northern Europe. It lies 12 km east of Kristiansand, close to the popular Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park The Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park ( no, Kristiansand Dy ...

. 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 ''Fædrelandsvennen'' is a regional newspaper based in Kristiansand, Norway. It covers the southernmost part of the country, (Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder), focusing especially on the area between Mandal and Lillesand (west and east of Kristi ...

, the newspaper for Kristiansand and the

Kristiansand Region Kristiansand Region ( no, Kristiansandregionen) is a statistical metropolitan region in Agder county in southern Norway. It is centered on the city of Kristiansand. The region consist of six municipalities in the centre of Southern Norway. Vennes ...

used to be located on Fiskå from the 70s before it moved back to Kvadraturen in 2015.

Photos

File:Andøya IMG 3200 kjosbukta.JPG, Andøya Industrial Park File:Andøya IMG 3221 kjosbukta.JPG, Andøya Industrial Park File:Norsk fartoyvernsenter Andoya.jpg, Norwegian Fartøyvernsener on Andøya File:Kristiansand IMG 5573 andöya gaard.JPG, Andøya Gård File:Elkem Solar 01.JPG, Elkem Solar at Fiskå Verk File:Vågsbygd sentrum.jpg, Vågsbygd Mall File:Vågsbygdporten1.jpg, Trekanten Mall

References

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