Høvåg

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Høvåg

Total population

377

Elevation20 m

Land area0.26 km²

Coordinates58.17°, 8.24°

Demographic figures from Statistics Norway (SSB). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Høvåg is a village in Lillesand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of the town of Lillesand and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of the city of Kristiansand. The village lies on the northern shore of the Kjerkekilen, a strait leading from the Blindleia to the Isefjorden. The village is the site of Høvåg Church.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Bernt Balchen

aviation pioneer and United States Army officer (1899-1973)

Odd Hølaas

Norwegian writer and journalist (1898-1968)

Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz

Norwegian politician (1762-1838)

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Arnt Severin Ulstrup

Norwegian politician (1862-1922)

Hartvig Nissen

Norwegian headmaster (1855-1924)

K

Karl Fjermeros

Norwegian politician

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Odd Aksel Bergstad

Norwegian marine biologist

Oddleiv Eidjord

Kristen Arnfeldt Persen

Norwegian reporter

J

Johannes Tvedt

Ragnar Lømsland

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Official Identifiers