Vanse

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Vanse

Total population

2,075

Elevation6 m

Land area1.83 km²

Coordinates58.10°, 6.69°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vanse is a village in Farsund Municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the Lista peninsula about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the town of Farsund and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the village of Vestbygd. The Farsund Airport, Lista is located just west of Vanse.

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

Claus Pavels

Norwegian bishop (1769-1822)

Odd Starheim

Norwegian resistance member (1916–1943)

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Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg

Norwegian politician (1829-1911)

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Odd Arne Brekne

Norwegian sport shooter

Mathias Skeibrok

Norwegian sculptor and illustrator (1851–1896)

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Aslak Reiersson Midhassel

Norwegian politician

Olav Selvaag

Norwegian engineer and residential contractor (1912-2002)

E

Evert Andersen

Norwegian naval officer

S

Søren Bruun Bugge

Norwegian priest

Thomas Fasting

Norwegian politician (1769-1841)

A

Albert Lunde

Norwegian writer (1877-1939)

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Weiert Velle

Norwegian veterinarian (1925-2007)

Abraham Larsen

Norwegian businessperson

Esben Ertzeid

Norwegian association football player

J

Johannes Smidt

Norwegian theologian and priest

J

Johan Julius Olsen

Norwegian farmer and politician (1832-1907)

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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