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ARENDAL
, a seaport of See also:Norway, in Nedenaes amt (See also:county), on the See also:south See also:coast, 46 m
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N.E. from See also:Christiansand
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Pop
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(190o) 11,155
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It rises picturesquely above the mouth of the See also:river Nid,with a See also:good See also:harbour protected by an See also:island from the open See also:waters of the See also:Skagerrack
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The See also:town itself occupies several islets, and some of the houses are supported above the See also:water on piles
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The See also:chief exports are See also:timber (very largely exported to See also:Great See also:Britain), See also:wood-pulp, sealskins and See also:felspar
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In 1879 Arendal ranked second (after See also:Christiania) as a See also:ship-owning See also:port; in 1899 it had dropped to the fifth See also:place
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In and near the town are factories for wood-pulp, See also:paper, See also:cotton and See also:joinery; and at Fevig, 8 in. See also:north-See also:east, a See also:shipbuilding yard and See also:engineering See also:works
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The neighbourhood is remarkable for the number of beautiful and rare minerals found there; one of these, a variety of See also:epidote, was formerly called Arendalite
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