Kristiansand

Kristiansand is a city and municipality in the county of . The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation of the municipalities of Søgne and Songdalen into the greater Kristiansand municipality.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kristiansand City Hall and Kristiansand Cathedral.

Town hall
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located on the upper square in municipality in , . The city hall houses city council hall and meeting rooms.

Church
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is a cathedral of the Church of Norway in in county, . It is located in the area in the central part of the city of Kristiansand.

Library
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kvadraturen and Bellevue.

Suburb
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is a borough in the city centre of the city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of in county, . It has a population of 6,750.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in the city of in county, . It is located in the borough of Grim and in the district of Grim. is southeast of Idda.

Suburb
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is a borough and district in the city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of in county, . It is the second largest borough in the city after .

Kristiansand

Latitude
58.14679° or 58° 8′ 48″ north
Longitude
7.99736° or 7° 59′ 51″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
9FC94XWW+PW
Geo­Names ID
6942467
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kristiansand” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كريستيانزاند”
  • Belarusian: “Крысціянсан”
  • Bishnupriya: “ক্রিস্টিয়ানসান্ড”
  • Bulgarian: “Кристиансан”
  • Chinese: “克里斯蒂安桑”
  • Hebrew: “קריסטיאנסנד”
  • Japanese: “クリスチャンサン”
  • Korean: “크리스티안산”
  • Latin: “Christiani munitio”
  • Latvian: “Krisjānsanna”
  • Lithuanian: “Kristiansandas”
  • Low German: “Kommun Kristiansand”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kristiansand”
  • Ossetian: “Кристиансанн”
  • Persian: “کریستیان‌ساند”
  • Russian: “Кристиансанн”
  • Samogitian: “Krėstēnsands”
  • Serbian: “Кристијансанд”
  • Tamil: “கிரிஷ்டியன்சான்ட்”
  • Thai: “คริสเตียนซาน”
  • Ukrainian: “Крістіансанн”

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