Arendal

Arendal Municipality

*Arendal kommune*
Arendal Municipality Arendal kommune
Municipality
	View of Arendal's city centre in August 2006
	Coat of arms
	Agder within Norway
	Arendal within Agder
	Coordinates: 58°27′39″N 08°45′59″E / 58.46083°N 8.76639°E
Country	Norway
County	Agder
District	Sørlandet
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre	Arendal
Government
• Mayor (2015)	Robert Cornels Nordli (Ap)
Area
• Total	270.19 km2 (104.32 sq mi)
• Land	255.14 km2 (98.51 sq mi)
• Water	15.05 km2 (5.81 sq mi) 5.6%
• Rank	#273 in Norway
Population (2023)
• Total	45,891
• Rank	#24 in Norway
• Density	179.9/km2 (466/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+5.9%
Demonym	Arendalitt
Official language
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-4203
Website	Official website
	Data from Statistics Norway

Arendal (Urban East Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂ːɳɖɑːɫ] ^ⓘ) 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 notable villages in Arendal include Rykene, Eydehavn, Færvik, Strengereid, Kongshavn, Kilsund, Brattekleiv, Torsbudalen, Longum, Saltrød, Staubø, Vrengen, and Kolbjørnsvik. The offices of UNEP/GRID-Arendal are also located in the city of Arendal.^[4]

The 270-square-kilometre (100 sq mi) municipality is the 273rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Arendal is the 24th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 45,891. The municipality's population density is 179.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (466/sq mi) and its population has increased by 5.9% over the previous 10-year period.^[5]^[6]

^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (21 June 2017). "Arendal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.

[2] "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.

[3] Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.

[snl-4] Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (21 June 2017). "Arendal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

[ssb_pop-5] Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).

[ssb_area-6] Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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