Gimle is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It's located in the borough of

Lund Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...

. It is located near the neighborhoods of

Oddemarka Oddemarka is a neighborhood in the city of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Lund. The European route E18 highway passes by the neighborhood on the north side. The neighborhood of Presteheia lies to the ...

and Presteheia. The neighborhood of

Kjøita Kjøita or Kjøita Park is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It's located along the eastern shore of the Otra river in the borough of Lund. The neighborhood of Oddemarka lies to the east, Gimle lies to the nor ...

lies to the southwest and the neighborhood of Marvika lies to the southeast. The oldest building in Kristiansand,

Oddernes Church Oddernes Church ( no, Oddernes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the district of Lund in the borough of Lund in the city of Kristiansand. It is one of the ch ...

, as well as the Agder Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden, the Kristiansand campus of the University of Agder, the

Kristiansand Cathedral School Kristiansand Cathedral School (''Kristiansand katedralskole Gimle''), known in Latin as ''Schola Christiansandensis'', is a high school in Kristiansand, Agder, Norway. It is the oldest high school on the southern coast of Norway, having been fo ...

, the ''Gimle videregående skole'' (high school), and the Gimle sports hall are located within the neighborhood of Gimle. The European Route E18 passes through Gimle, for the most part in a shallow tunnel under the neighbourhood. Gimle was the location for the E18's toll plaza of the Kristiansand Toll Ring until this was removed in 2007. Norwegian County Road 1 follows the Otra River along the western edge of Gimle.

Media gallery

Gimlevang.jpg, Gimlevang Oddernes kirke B.JPG,

Agder naturmuseum.jpg, Part of the Agder Nature Museum

References

{{Kristiansand Geography of Kristiansand Neighbourhoods of Kristiansand