Lyngdal

Lyngdal is a municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located inside the conventional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alleen. The municipal economy facilities around wooden processing, agriculture, and commerce. Tourism is also primary to the community, with the beaches along the Lyngdalsfjorden and Rosfjorden being popular resorts during the summer time. The 391-square-kilometre municipality is the 241st biggest through vicinity out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Lyngdal is the 129th most populous municipality in Norway with a populace of 8,588. The municipality's population density is 23.2 population in step with rectangular kilometre and its populace has expanded by means of 16.6% over the last decade.

The island of Saelor on the southern coast of the municipality is mentioned in Snorre, as the king Saint Olav spent a iciness here in 1028. Based across the port of Agnefest, Lyngdal prospered on maritime trade, and in 1771 an software changed into made for status as a small coastal town. Its coastal area additionally facilitated emigration; inside the 17th and 18th century in large part to the Dutch Republic, and inside the 19^th century to the United States. Even earlier than the merger of the municipalities in 1964, the parishes of Austad and Kvas, collectively with A or Aa - Lyngdal right, made up the greater Lyngdal parish.