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| County | Aust-Agder | |
| Landscape | Sørlandet | |
| Municipality | NO-0901 | |
| Administrative centre | Risør | |
| Mayor (2004) | Lars Lauvhjell (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 332 193 km² 179 km² 0.06 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 142 6,938 0.15 % -1.6 % 39/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.risor.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0901) | ||
Risør is a city in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet.
The town is east in Aust-Agder, located at Søndeledfjord and Sandnesfjord. (No connection with Sandnes in Rogaland.) It is a popular tourist place. The surrounding area includes many small lakes and hills. It is known for its beautiful coastline as well. Risør has in the last decade got a growing reputation as the regional capital of arts and craft, which culminates in the "Villvin-festival" during the summer holiday.
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The place is known for a church building from the Middle Ages, as well as one from the 1600s. Risør played a role in the napoleonic war in 1807-14, when Denmark-Norway took the side with France, and therefore became enemy with Norway's most important trading-partner: Great Britain. (It is from this period Henrik Ibsen took his subject, when he created his famous poem Terje Vigen.) It was north of Risør, in Lyngør that the English navy sunk the pride of Norway: The beautiful sailing ship Najaden under the Napoleonic wars.
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Risør was almost wiped off the map in 1861. A great fire swept across the small town leaving jut 85 houses. The city was rebuilt - and today - the impression of a well kept town with white wooden houses.
Risør was a city built as a result of shipping and industrial interests. Today both the industry and the sailingvessels are gone - leaving behind a town with a lot of summer tourist attractions.
External links
- Risør Wooden Boat Festival, every year in August. (http://www.risor-woodenboat.no/)
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| Municipalities of Aust-Agder | 
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Arendal | Birkenes | Bygland | Bykle | Evje og Hornnes | Froland | Gjerstad | Grimstad | Iveland | Lillesand | Risør | Tvedestrand | Valle | Vegårshei | Åmli | |