Vestbygd
Vestbygd or Borhaug is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the southwestern shore of the Lista peninsula, about 6 kilometres straight west of the village of Vanse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,140 residents
- Description: settlement in Farsund, Agder, Norway
- Also known as: “Vestbygd, Agder”, “Vestbygda”, and “Vestbygden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vestbygda Chapel and Lista Lighthouse.
Vestbygda Chapel
Church
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Vestbygda Chapel is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Farsund Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vestbygd. It is one of the two churches for the Lista parish which is part of the Lister og Mandal prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.
Lista Lighthouse
Lista Lighthouse is a coastal lighthouse located at the western side of the Lista peninsula, a short distance northwest of the village of Vestbygd in the municipality of Farsund in Agder county, Norway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ore and Vanse.
Ore
Hamlet
Ore is a small village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 3.5 kilometres west of the village of Vanse. The village sits on the northeast side of the Farsund Airport, Lista. Ore is situated 3½ km east of Vestbygd.
Vanse
Village
Vanse is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 4 kilometres west of the town of Farsund and about 5 kilometres east of the village of Vestbygd. Vanse is situated 6 km east of Vestbygd.
Vestbygd
- Categories: urban area in Norway and locality
- Location: Farsund, Agder, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.10074° or 58° 6′ 3″ northLongitude
6.58627° or 6° 35′ 11″ eastPopulation
1,140Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
9FC84H2P+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 503421145OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3132051Wikidata ID
Q1789912
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Vestbygd” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vestbygd”
- Danish: “Vestbygd”
- Dutch: “Vestbygd”
- Dutch: “Vestbygda”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤيستبيجدا”
- French: “Vestbygda”
- Javanese: “Vestbygda”
- Malay: “Vestbygd, Agder”
- Malay: “Vestbygd, Vest-Agder”
- Malay: “Vestbygda”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Båro”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borhaug”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestbygda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borhaug”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vestbygd”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vestbygda”
- Norwegian: “Vestbygda”
- Romanian: “Vestbygda”
- Spanish: “Vestbygda”
- Swedish: “Vestbygda”
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