Vegårshei

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Vegårshei kommune
County Aust-Agder
District
Municipality NO-0912
Administrative centre Vegårshei
Mayor (2004) Maya Marianne Twedt Berli (Ap)
Official language form Neutral
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 255
356 km²
322 km²
0.11 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 344
1,856
0.04 %
1.5 %
6/km²
Coordinates 58°46′N 8°49′E
www.vegarshei.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 58°46′N 8°49′E

Vegårshei is a municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway.

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[edit] The name

The Norse form of the name may have been *Vigisheiðr. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the lake Vegår (the Norse form, and the meaning, of the name is uncertain). The last element is heiðr f 'heath, moor'.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows a fox.

[edit] Geography

Vegårshei is bordered on the north by Nissedal and Gjerstad, on the east by Risør, on the south by Tvedestrand and on the west by Åmli.

The largest lake in Vegårshei is Vegår.

[edit] Economics

Formerly Vegårshei was an agricultural and lumbering community.


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Arendal | Birkenes | Bygland | Bykle | Evje og Hornnes | Froland | Gjerstad | Grimstad | Iveland | Lillesand | Risør | Tvedestrand | Valle | Vegårshei | Åmli
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