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County | Vest-Agder | |
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Municipality | NO-1018 | |
Administrative centre | Søgne | |
Mayor (2003) | Eli D. Løite (H) | |
Official language form | Bokmål | |
Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 357 151 km² 143 km² 0.05 % | |
Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 109 9,426 0.21 % 18.1 % 66/km² | |
Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
www.sogne.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1018) |
Søgne is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. It is a coastal municipality, with a long stretch of coastline to the south. In the east, it borders on the municipality of Kristiansand, in the north and north-east on Marnardal and Songdalen, and in the west on Mandal.
As opposed to the other municipalities of Vest-Agder, Søgne has not gone through a municipal merger in recent times. On the contrary, Greipstad was separated from Søgne in 1913, and merged with Songdalen. The population of Søgne is approx. 9000 (in 2001).
The municipality has its name from the old river Sygna, now Søgneelva. The name means "Sygna valley".
Municipalities of Vest-Agder | Missing image Vest-Agder_vapen.png Vest-Agder coat of arms |
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Audnedal | Farsund | Flekkefjord | Hægebostad | Kristiansand | Kvinesdal | Lindesnes | Lyngdal | Mandal | Marnardal | Sirdal | Songdalen | Søgne | Vennesla | Åseral |