Vanse
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::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Vanse |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | Tettsteder i Farsund.jpg |
| image_caption | View of the village location within Farsund |
| pushpin_map | Agder#Norway |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of the village |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Norway |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Southern Norway |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Agder |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Lister |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Farsund |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +01:00 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +02:00 |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 1.83 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 2,016 |
| population_density_km2 | 1102 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 4557 Vanse |
| elevation_m | 6 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| coordinates | |
| :: |
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Vanse is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 4 km west of the town of Farsund and about 5 km east of the village of Vestbygd. The Farsund Airport, Lista is located just west of Vanse. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Lista from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The old municipality was known as Vanse from 1838 until 1911.
The 1.83 km2 village has a population (2015) of 2,016 which gives the village a population density of 1102 PD/km2.
Vanse Church is a medieval stone church, built in 1037 in the village of Vanse. A stone monument stands near the church. it is a memorial of fatalities during the Gunboat War (1807–1814). It is surrounded by authentic small cannons and a circle of stones with chain. A speech is held by this stone each year on Constitution Day, May 17.
American connections
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Vanse_Diner_8th_2016.JPG" caption="8th Avenue Diner in Vanse"] ::
Kjell Elvis also has his own star in Selvaagpark modelled on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Media gallery
Vanse trunken IMG 0825.JPG|The hall of 8th Avenue Diner, Vanse Trunken Store Vanse.JPG|Trunken, a store in Brooklyn Square, Vanse Vanse Brooklyn Square Sign.JPG|Sign at Brooklyn Square, Vanse Vanse kirke.JPG|Vanse Church Vanse monument fra kanonbåtkrigen (1807-1814).JPG|The Gunboat War Memorial Gunboat War Monument, Vanse detail.JPG|A gun (detail) at the Gunboat War Memorial
Notable residents
- Kjell Elvis was raised in Vanse
- Karl Sanne, politician
References
References
- "Vanse, Farsund (Vest-Agder)". [[yr.no]].
- Store norske leksikon. "Vanse – tettsted".
- Statistisk sentralbyrå. (1 January 2015). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality.".
- Rudjord, Kåre. (1987). "Listaboka IV. Bygdehistorie. Fra formannskapslov til kommunesammenslutning.". Farsund Kommune.
- "Vanse får sin egen «Walk of Fame". Lister24.
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