Editing Vest-Agder (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Vest-Agder county house.jpg|thumb|left|Vest-Agder county house in [[Kristiansand]]]]
Vest-Agder is the western and southernmost part of the current county of [[Agder]], extending inland from the [[North Sea]] and its arm, the [[Skagerrak]], to the southern fringes of [[Setesdal]]en, surrounded by the mountain range [[Setesdalsheiene]]. It includes the southernmost point of the entire country, Pysen island south of [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]], and the southernmost part of continental Norway, [[Lindesnes]]. It has a very broken and hilly surface.  From the coast there are six [[valley]]s that stretch north into the county: [[Audnedalen]], [[Lyngdalen]], Kvinesdalen, [[Mandalen]], Sirdalen, and Otradalen (which continues into Aust-Agder where it is called [[Setesdal]]en).

Most of the habitation lies along the coast, including the towns [[Kristiansand]], [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]], [[Flekkefjord]], and [[Farsund]]. About 31 [[fjord]]s are located there.  The northern portion is mountainous and sparsely settled, while the central upland [[moorland|moors]] are used for pasturing of [[cattle]] and [[Domestic sheep|sheep]].  Since the [[Gulf Stream]] touches the coast of Vest-Agder, it is also called "the Norwegian Riviera", and Agder as a whole is also called "The California of Norway".