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is a city and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. The city of Arendal was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality of Barbu was merged with Arendal January 1, 1902. The rural municipalities of Hisøy, Moland, Tromøy and Øyestad were merged with Arendal January 1, 1992. The city is the administrative center of Aust-Agder county, and belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The municipality is bordered to the southwest by Grimstad, to the northwest by Froland, and to the northeast by Tvedestrand. History: Arendal was established in the middle of the 1500s, and was then called Arendall. At that time it had no formal town status. When Kristiansand was founded by King Christian IV in 1641, he granted the citizens a monopoly on all trade in Aust-Adger and Vest-Agder. This grant, intended to subsidize Kristiansand and its fortifications, placed existing towns in a difficult position. Both towns and the peasants in ... Read more about Arendal on Wikipedia

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