Agder County Municipality Explained

Agder County Municipality
Native Name:Norwegian: Agder fylkeskommune
Settlement Type:County
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Seat Type:Administrative center
Seat:Kristiansand
Leader Title:County mayor
Leader Name:Arne Thomassen
Leader Title1:Chairman of Cabinet
Iso Code:NO-42
Blank Name Sec1:Budget
Blank1 Name Sec1:Employees
Blank1 Info Sec1:3,000
Blank Name Sec2:Schools
Blank Info Sec2:18
Blank1 Name Sec2:Pupils
Blank1 Info Sec2:11,000
Blank2 Name Sec2:Transit authority
Blank3 Name Sec2:Roads
Blank3 Info Sec2:4000km (2,000miles)

Agder County Municipality (Norwegian: Agder fylkeskommune) is the democratically elected regional governing administration of Agder county in Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the overseeing the county's 18 upper secondary schools with about 11,000 students, about of county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture, and cultural heritage.[1] [2]

County government

The Agder county council (Norwegian: Fylkestinget) is made up of 49 representatives that are elected every four years. The council essentially acts as a Parliament or legislative body for the county and it meets about six times each year. The council is divided into standing committees and an executive board (Norwegian: fylkesutvalg) which meet considerably more often. Both the council and executive board are led by the County Mayor (Norwegian: fylkesordfører).

County council

The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: fylkeskommune . . . 2020-02-19 . Berg . Ole T. . no . 2020-12-02.
  2. Web site: Om Agder fylkeskommune . Agder fylkeskommune . 2020-12-02 . no . 2019-11-22.