Editing Vest-Agder (section)

==Municipalities==
On 1 January 1838, all the counties were divided into local administrative units each with their own governments (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]). The number and borders of these [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipalities]] were based on the [[parish]]es of the [[Church of Norway]].  Over time the number and locations of these have changed, and at present there are 15 municipalities in Vest-Agder.  The municipality of [[Åseral]] was part of the neighboring county of [[Aust-Agder|Nedenes]] until 1880, when it was moved to Vest-Agder.<ref name="Dag">{{cite report |first=Dag |last=Jukvam |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |year=1999 |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |language=no}}</ref>

=== Municipalities before 2020 ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Name
! Inhabitants
! Area km<sup>2</sup>
|- align="center"
| {{nts|1}}
| align="left" | [[File:Kristiansand komm.svg|20px|Kristiansand kommune]] [[Kristiansand]]
| align="right" | {{nts|90000}}
| align="right" | {{nts|261}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|2}}
| align="left"  | [[File:Coat of Arms of Mandal.svg|20px|Mandal kommune]] [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]]
| align="right" | {{nts|14696}}
| align="right" | {{nts|212}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|3}}
| align="left" | [[File:Vennesla komm.svg|20px|Vennesla kommune]] [[Vennesla]]
| align="right" | {{nts|13116}}
| align="right" | {{nts|363}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|4}}
| align="left" | [[File:Søgne komm.svg|20px|Søgne kommune]] [[Søgne]]
| align="right" | {{nts|12509}}
| align="right" | {{nts|144}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|5}}
| align="left" | [[File:Farsund komm.svg|20px|Farsund kommune]] [[Farsund]]
| align="right" | {{nts|9310}}
| align="right" | {{nts|252}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|6}}
| align="left" | [[File:Flekkefjord komm.svg|20px|Flekkefjord kommune]] [[Flekkefjord]]
| align="right" | {{nts|9003}}
| align="right" | {{nts|482}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|7}}
| align="left" | [[File:Lyngdal komm.svg|20px|Lyngdal kommune]] [[Lyngdal]]
| align="right" | {{nts|7739}}
| align="right" | {{nts|372}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|8}}
| align="left" | [[File:Songdalen komm.svg|20px|Songdalen kommune]] [[Songdalen]]
| align="right" | {{nts|5940}}
| align="right" | {{nts|207}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|9}}
| align="left" | [[File:Kvinesdal komm.svg|20px|Kvinesdal kommune]] [[Kvinesdal]]
| align="right" | {{nts|5776}}
| align="right" | {{nts|893}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|10}}
| align="left" | [[File:Lindesnes komm.svg|20px|Lindesnes kommune]] [[Lindesnes]]
| align="right" | {{nts|4661}}
| align="right" | {{nts|299}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|11}}
| align="left" | [[File:Marnardal komm.svg|20px|Marnardal kommune]] [[Marnardal]]
| align="right" | {{nts|2231}}
| align="right" | {{nts|379}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|12}}
| align="left" | [[File:Sirdal komm.svg|20px|Sirdal kommune]] [[Sirdal]]
| align="right" | {{nts|1790}}
| align="right" | {{nts|1555}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|13}}
| align="left" | [[File:Audnedal komm.svg|20px|Audnedal kommune]] [[Audnedal]]
| align="right" | {{nts|1670}}
| align="right" | {{nts|251}}
|- align="center"
| {{nts|14}}
| align="left" | [[File:Hægebostad komm.svg|20px|Hægebostad kommune]] [[Hægebostad]]
| align="right" | {{nts|1624}}
| align="right" | {{nts|426}}
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| {{nts|15}}
| align="left" | [[File:Åseral komm.svg|20px|Åseral kommune]] [[Åseral]]
| align="right" | {{nts|917}}
| align="right" | {{nts|801}}
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|- bgcolor="pink" align="center" class="sortbottom"
|bgcolor="pink"| '''Total'''
|bgcolor="pink" align="left"| '''Vest-Agder'''
|bgcolor="pink" align="right"| '''{{nts|182377}}'''
|bgcolor="pink" align="right"| '''{{nts|7281}}'''
|}
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[[File:VestAgder-kommuner.gif|thumb|400px|Municipalities in Vest-Agder before 2020.]]
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