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about Arendal

The town Arendal (N 58 27, E 8 56 ) in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway, has 39,554 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. Area: 272 km². It is the administrative center of Aust-Agder county.

In the end of the 19th century Arendal was a major shipping centre with many wealthy shipowners. Today the town has small boat manufacturing, mechanical industry, electronics industry as well as one of the worlds largest silicon carbide refining plants.

Sam Eyde who founded among other thing the international companies Norsk Hydro and Elkem was born in Arendal. He also founded an aluminium smelter and a silicon carbide plant in Eydehavn (the place is named after him) 10 km east of the centre of Arendal.

Arendal has the best weather in Norway and a lovely coastline with many small islands. It is a popular tourist town and has a lively evening life in summer.

Arendal history

Shipping, shipbuilding and timber trade as well as mining and ironworks were important branches of industry in Aust-Agder county for many centuries, especially in the Arendal region. Frequent contacts with the world abroad put their mark on our culture and traditions.

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