Egersund is a coastal town in the municipality of Eigersund in the county of Rogaland, Norway. The municipality has 13,418 (2006) inhabitants, of whom 9,528 (2006) live in the town. The town has an area of 6.0 km².
The city of Egersund was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It was merged with Eigersund January 1, 1965.
Egersund has one of the best natural harbours in Norway, and used to be the largest harbour in Norway when measured in quantity of fish brought in each year (surpassed by Ålesund during 2006). Several internationally known companies have divisions here, like Navico (earlier Robertson autopilots) and C-Map (producer of electronic sea-maps). In addition, the Aker Kværner corporation owns and runs a large installation here which specializes in the building of parts for oil platforms. Most of the industry is related to the sea and to boats. |
