Audnedalen
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Audnedalen is a valley in Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder
In the 16th century, Dutch merchant vessels began to visit ports in southern Norway to purchase salmon and other goods. Soon thereafter the export of timber began, as oak from southern Norway was exceptionally well suited for shipbuilding...

, Norway.

The river Audna runs through the valley, ending in Snigsfjorden
Snigsfjorden
Snigsfjorden or Sniksfjorden is a small fjord in Lindesnes municipality. It runs between the two small islets of Fløyholmen and Tolleknivane. Most of the west side of the fjord goes along Unnerøy, but Tjaumsfjellet lies on the east side. Between Unnerøy and Syrdalsfjorden in the west, goes the...

. Politically it is divided into the municipalities
Municipalities of Norway
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties , and 430 municipalities...

 Lindesnes
Lindesnes
Lindesnes is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. Lindesnes was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the older municipalities of Spangereid, Sør-Audnedal, and Vigmostad....

 in the south and Audnedal
Audnedal
Audnedal is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. The new municipality of Audnedal was created on 1 January 1964 after the merger of Grindheim and Konsmo....

 in the north—formerly Nord-Audnedal
Nord-Audnedal
Nord-Audnedal is former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located along the river Audna in the Audnedalen valley in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Audnedal and the northern part of the present-day municipality of Lindesnes.-History:The municipality of...

 and Sør-Audnedal
Sør-Audnedal
Sør-Audnedal is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the central part of the present-day municipality of Lindesnes.-Name:...

, with slightly different borders.
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