Kilsund is a village in
Arendal
Arendal () is a municipality in Agder county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Arendal (which is also the seat of Agder county). Some of the not ...
municipality in
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 ("sou ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located on the island of
Tverrdalsøya, although the village has grown over the bridge onto the nearby island of
Flostaøya a short distance to the south. The village lies about northeast of the village of
Strengereid
Strengereid is a village in the municipality of Arendal in Agder county, Norway. It is located along the Norwegian County Road 410, about northeast of the village of Eydehavn and just west of the island of Flostaøya. The village of Sagene lie ...
, about northeast of the village of
Eydehavn
Eydehavn or Eydehamn is a village in the municipality of Arendal in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the centre of the town of Arendal, about northeast of the village of Saltrød, about south of the village of S ...
, about northeast of the
town of Arendal, and about south of the
town of Tvedestrand. Kilsund has two small villages located just to the north and east:
Staubø and
Holmsund
Holmsund is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 5,489 inhabitants in 2010. It is located 18 km south of the city of Umeå and serves as a port for Umeå.
Position
Holmsund lies at the mouth of the Um ...
.
The village has a population (2016) of 717 which gives the village a
population density
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of .
References
Villages in Agder
Arendal
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