Farsund travel guide

is a town and municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway.
The town of Farsund was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt), although already recognized as a trading center in 1795. The rural municipalities of Herad, Lista and Spind were merged with Farsund January 1, 1965.
Farsund is a coastal municipality, bordering on Kvinesdal municipality in the north and Lyngdal in the north and east. In terms of square mileage it is one of the smallest municipalities in Vest-Agder county, yet one of the largest in number of inhabitants. Farsund has the largest agriculture area in Vest-Agder. The municipality of Farsund has ca. 9,200 inhabitants, concentrated in three centres of population: Farsund town, Vanse and Vestbygda. Shipping, fishing and agriculture are the largest industries in the area. Today, Farsund is the largest agrcultural district in the county of Vest-Agder, having 26 km² productive land, 88 km² forest and 17 km² freshwater areas. Farsund was already organized as a trading centre in 1795, and in 1995 celebrated its 200 year jubilee. (...) more....