Kvadraturen | |
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Borough of Kristiansand | |
  Descending, from top: Kvadraturen also known as downtown, bottom: Markens gate | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kvadraturen, shown in yellow, in Kristiansand | |
  Kvadraturen  Kvadraturen | |
| Coordinates: 58°08′48″N 7°59′43″E / 58.1468°N 07.9953°E | |
| Country |  Norway |
| Region | Southern Norway |
| County | Agder |
| District | Kristiansand |
| Municipality | Kristiansand |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 6,750 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code prefix | 460*, 461* |
| Website | kvadraturen.no kristiansand.kommune.no |
Kvadraturen is a borough in the city centre of the city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It has a population of 6,750 (2015). The borough is made up of the centre together with the harbour to the south and the more rural district of "Eg" to the north. Kvadraturen is the administrative centre of the municipality of Kristiansand as well as the administrative centre of Vest-Agder county, but is far smaller in area than the other boroughs in the municipality, such as the borough of Grim to the north and west, and the borough of Lund to the east.
Kvadraturen is the location of the Kristiansand Cathedral and the nearby commercial, pedestrian street is Markens gate. The city harbour is located along the Kristiansandsfjorden and the island of Odderøya. The borough has three malls and three high schools. The closest public junior high is "Grim Skole" and the closest elementary is Tordenskjoldsgate Skole and is the only remanding elementary in Kvadraturen. The Sørlandet Hospital Kristiansand is also located in the borough, in the district of Eg.
The main city centre was established as a city on 5 July 1641 by King Christian IV. The city became a self-governing municipality under the formannskapsdistrikt law on 1 January 1838. On 1 July 1921, a neighboring part of the municipality of Oddernes (population: 2,164) was transferred from Oddernes to the city of Kristiansand. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the city of Kristiansand (population: 27,100) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Randesund (population: 1,672), Oddernes (population: 18,668), and Tveit (population: 2,802) to form a new, larger municipality of Kristiansand.[2]
