Vennesla

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Vennesla

Total population

14,158

Coordinates58.27°, 7.97°

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

Overview

Vennesla is the administrative centre of Vennesla municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the upper Torridal valley along the river Otra, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the city of Kristiansand. The village itself extends for about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) along both sides of the river. The Norwegian National Road 9 passes through Mosby, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Vennesla. The Sørlandsbanen railway line passes through Vennesla, stopping at Vennesla Station. The lake Venneslafjorden is located on the river Otra in the northern part of the village of Vennesla.

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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Sig Tove Aasen

Norwegian politician

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Erling Sagedal

Norwegian psychiatrist

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Joacim Holtan

Norwegian association football player

Eva Margot

Norwegian painter

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Johannes Tvedt

Ragnar Lømsland

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

Nearby places in Agder

• Marnardal
  17.1 mi away
• Bžany
  580.8 mi away · pop. 167
• Mrzlice
  584.7 mi away · pop. 52
• Paillote
  1512.6 mi away
• Haouch Gaby
  1515.8 mi away
• Haouch Ben Said
  1516.3 mi away
• Douar Nessasseha دوار نساسحة
  1517.1 mi away
• Cherchell
  1519.6 mi away · pop. 48,056
• Sidi Rached
  1520 mi away · pop. 11,062
• Beni Othmane
  1521.1 mi away
• Sidi Ghiles
  1521.8 mi away · pop. 15,281
• Haouch Ben Kouider
  1522.1 mi away

Browse all places in Agder →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Vennesla

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers