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Arendal
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or a seaport of Norway, in Nedenaes amt (county), on the south coast, 46 m. N.E. from Christiansand. Pop. (1900) 11,155. It rises picturesquely above the mouth of the river Nid, with a good harbour protected by an island from the open waters of the Skagerrack. The town itself occupies several islets, and some of the houses are supported above the water on piles. The chief exports are timber (very largely exported to Great Britain), wood-pulp, sealskins and felspar. In 5879 Arendal ranked second (after Christiania) as a ship-owning port; in 5899 it had dropped to the fifth place. In and near the town are factories for wood-pulp, paper, cotton and joinery; and at Fevig, 8 m. north-east, a shipbuilding yard and engineering works. The neighbourhood is remarkable for the number of beautiful and rare minerals found there; one of these, a variety of epidote, was formerly called Arendalite. Louis Philippe stayed here for some time during his exile.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Arendal'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/arendal.html. 1910.
