Editing Vest-Agder (section)

==General information==
===Name===
{{see also|Aust-Agder#Name}}
The meaning of the name is "(the) western (part of) [[Agder]]".

''Lister og Mandal [[amt (country subdivision)|amt]]'' was created on 1 January 1662 and it consisted of the two old [[counties of Norway|len]]s of ''[[Lista|Lister]]'' and [[Mandal (municipality)|Mandal]].  This name continued until 1 January 1919, when the name was changed to Vest-Agder.

===Coat-of-arms===
The coat-of-arms is from modern times.  They were granted on 12 December 1958.  They show an [[oak]] tree in yellow on a green background, representing the historic rich nature and oak woods in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fotw.us/flags/no-10.html|date=28 June 2002|title=Kommunevåpen|publisher=Flags of the World|access-date=28 September 2008|archive-date=19 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419130038/http://www.fotw.us/flags/no-10.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>