Lauvåsen

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Lauvåsen
Neighborhood in Kristiansand

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Lauvåsen
Lauvåsen (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°10′54″N8°06′09″E / 58.1818°N 08.1025°E / 58.1818; 08.1025 Coordinates: 58°10′54″N8°06′09″E / 58.1818°N 08.1025°E / 58.1818; 08.1025
Country Norway
County Vest-Agder
Municipality Kristiansand
Borough Oddernes
District Hånes
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Postal code4619
Area code 38

Lauvåsen is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is a part of the borough of Oddernes and it is in the district of Hånes. The neighbourhood lies between European route E18 and Norwegian National Road 41, just east of the neighborhood of Hånni and southeast of the neighborhood of Grovikheia. [1]

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.

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History

It is a new neighbourhood and the first building plots were released in 2011. The first phase of building comprising 127 dwellings was built by the end of 2012. The development is planned to take place over a 15-year period and to total approximately 1200 dwellings. [2]

Facilities and transport

The closest schools are at Hånes and the area is served by bus route M2 "Voiebyen - Hånes" which goes to Lauvåsen once an hour and continues to Sørlandsparken.

Voiebyen District in Kristiansand in Southern Norway, Norway

Voiebyen is a district in the city of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The district has a population of about 6,000 people in 2014 and it is a part of the borough of Vågsbygd in the southwestern part of the city. The district of Vågsbygd lies to the north, and the district of Flekkerøy lies to the south on the island of Flekkerøya.

Sørlandsparken

Sørlandsparken is an industrial park in the municipality of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The park covers an area of about 670,000 square metres and it has over 5,000 work positions. The park area is located just off the European route E18 highway in the district of Tveit and it includes Norway's largest shopping mall, Sørlandssenteret as well as the Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park.

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References

  1. "Lauvåsen, Kristiansand, Norway". Google . Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  2. Raaen, Line (23 October 2012). "En ny bydel begynner å ta form" (in Norwegian). Fædrelandsvennen . Retrieved 11 January 2017.