Vennesla
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 north of the city of Kristiansand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vennesla Library and Culture House and Vennesla Church.
Vennesla Library and Culture House
Library
Photo: Berswin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vennesla Library and Culture House is a public library serving the inhabitants of Vennesla Municipality in Agder, Norway. The new library building completed in 2011 has won several architecture prizes and has been praised both within Norway and abroad.
Vennesla Church
Church
Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vennesla Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vennesla Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vennesla. It is the church for the Vennesla parish which is part of the Otredal prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ålefjær and Mosby.
Ålefjær
Hamlet
Ålefjær is a village and district in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The village and district lies in the far northern part of the municipality within the borough of Lund. Ålefjær is situated 5 km southeast of Vennesla.
Mosby
Village
Photo: Ronnrein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mosby is a village and district in the Torridal valley in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village lies along the river Otra, between the villages of Aukland and Strai and the municipal border with Vennesla to the north. Mosby is situated 6 km southwest of Vennesla.
Aukland
Hamlet
Aukland or Augland is a village in the Torridal valley in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the western bank of the river Otra between the villages of Strai and Mosby. Aukland is situated 8 km south of Vennesla.
Vennesla
- Type: Town with 14,200 residents
- Description: settlement in Vennesla Municipality, Norway
- Categories: urban area in Norway and locality
- Location: Vennesla, Agder, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.26939° or 58° 16′ 10″ northLongitude
7.97248° or 7° 58′ 21″ eastPopulation
14,200Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)IATA airport code
XXEUnited Nations Location Code
NO VNAOpen location code
9FC97X9C+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 251861331OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3132208Wikidata ID
Q10713978
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Vennesla” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vennesla (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Vennesla”
- Danish: “Vennesla”
- Dutch: “Vennesla”
- German: “Vennesla”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vennesla”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tettstaden Vennesla”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vennesla”
- Norwegian: “Vennesla”
- Polish: “Vennesla”
- Portuguese: “Vennesla”
- Russian: “Веннесла”
- Swedish: “Vennesla kommun”
- Swedish: “Vennesla”
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