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(Redirected from Vanse, Norway) For the former municipality of Vanse in Vest-Agder, Norway, see Lista. Village in Southern Norway, Norway
Vanse
Village
View of the village location within FarsundView of the village location within Farsund
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Coordinates: 58°05′53″N 06°41′30″E / 58.09806°N 6.69167°E / 58.09806; 6.69167
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyAgder
DistrictLister
MunicipalityFarsund
Area
 • Total1.83 km (0.71 sq mi)
Elevation6 m (20 ft)
Population
 • Total2,016
 • Density1,102/km (2,850/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code4557 Vanse

Vanse is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located 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. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Lista from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The old municipality was known as Vanse from 1838 until 1911.

The 1.83-square-kilometre (450-acre) village has a population (2015) of 2,016 which gives the village a population density of 1,102 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,850/sq mi).

Vanse Church is a medieval stone church, built in 1037 in the village of Vanse. A stone monument stands near the church. it is a memorial of fatalities during the Gunboat War (1807–1814). It is surrounded by authentic small cannons and a circle of stones with chain. A speech is held by this stone each year on Constitution Day, May 17.

American connections

8th Avenue Diner in Vanse

Kjell Elvis also has his own star in Selvaagpark modelled on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Media gallery

  • The hall of 8th Avenue Diner, Vanse The hall of 8th Avenue Diner, Vanse
  • Trunken, a store in Brooklyn Square, Vanse Trunken, a store in Brooklyn Square, Vanse
  • Sign at Brooklyn Square, Vanse Sign at Brooklyn Square, Vanse
  • Vanse Church Vanse Church
  • The Gunboat War Memorial The Gunboat War Memorial
  • A gun (detail) at the Gunboat War Memorial A gun (detail) at the Gunboat War Memorial

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2015). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. "Vanse, Farsund (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. Store norske leksikon. "Vanse – tettsted" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  4. Rudjord, Kåre (1987). Listaboka IV. Bygdehistorie. Fra formannskapslov til kommunesammenslutning (in Norwegian). Farsund Kommune. pp. 450–452.
  5. "Vanse får sin egen «Walk of Fame". Lister24. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

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