Kroodden

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Krooden
Krooden (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°05′36″N7°58′30″E / 58.0934°N 07.9751°E / 58.0934; 07.9751 Coordinates: 58°05′36″N7°58′30″E / 58.0934°N 07.9751°E / 58.0934; 07.9751
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
Municipality Kristiansand
Borough Vågsbygd
District Voiebyen
Elevation [1] 8 m (26 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Postal code4624
Area code 38

Kroodden is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The neighborhood is located in the borough of Vågsbygd and in the district of Voiebyen. The Kristiansand Cannon Museum is located to the west of Kroodden. Kroodden is south of Spinneren along the coast. [2] From Kroodden, the Flekkerøy Tunnel leads across the strait to the island of Flekkerøy.

Kristiansand City in Norway

Kristiansand[krɪstjɑnˈsɑn](listen), historically Christianssand and Christiansand, is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the fifth largest city in Norway and the municipality is the sixth largest in Norway, with a population of 88,598 as of June 2016. In addition to the city itself, Statistics Norway counts four other densely populated areas in the municipality: Skålevik in Flekkerøy with a population of 3,526 in the Vågsbygd borough, Strai with a population of 1,636 in the Grim borough, Justvik with a population of 1,803 in the Lund borough, and Tveit with a population of 1,396 in the Oddernes borough. Kristiansand is divided into five boroughs: Grim, which is located northwest in Kristiansand with a population of 15,000; Kvadraturen, which is the centre and downtown Kristiansand with a population of 5,200; Lund, the second largest borough; Oddernes, a borough located in the west; and Vågsbygd, the largest borough with a population of 36,000, located in the southwest.

Vest-Agder County (fylke) of Norway

Vest-Agder[²vɛstˌɑɡdər](listen)(West Agder) is a county in Norway, bordering Rogaland to the West and Aust-Agder to the East. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, which is about 3.5% of the total population of Norway. Its area is about 7,277 square kilometres (2,810 sq mi). The county administration is located in its largest city, Kristiansand.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

Bus lines from Kroodden
Line Destination [3]
M1 Flekkerøy - Sørlandsparken Dyreparken - IKEA
M1 Flekkerøy - Kvadraturen
N2 Flekkerøy - Voiebyen - Kvadraturen

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References

  1. ↑ "Kroodden, Kristiansand (Vest-Agder)". yr.no . Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  2. ↑ "Kristiansand Kommune - Kroodden". kristiansand.kommune.no. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  3. ↑ "Agder Kollektiv Transport". akt.no. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
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