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# Facts about the region

Vestfold is the smallest county by area outside of Oslo and houses 4,7 percent of the country's total population. With 256 000 inhabitants, it is the third largest population density in Norway.

## Geography

- The country's smallest county by area outside of Oslo
- Area: 2 167 km²
  
   
- 63 percent is covered by forest 
- 19,5 percent of the total area is agricultural land, the highest in Norway

## Population

- 256 000 inhabitants
- 4,7 percent of the country’s total population
- Third largest population density in Norway

## Business

- Agriculture creates values worth over one billion kroner every year
- The industry in Vestfold is versatile
- The fifth largest exporting county

## Industries & Products

- Food and beverage industries
- Computer and electrical equipment industry
- Metal goods industry
- Oil refining, chemical and pharmaceutical industry
- Petroleum products
- Larvikite
- High-tech industrial products

## Infrastructure

- 980 km coastline
- Several important ports and ferry connections
- International airport with 31 destinations
- 2 million passengers travel from the airport anually
- Vestfoldbanen is the country's busiest regional train line

## Workforce

- 125 000 people in the workforce
- 113 000 people works in Vestfold
- 66 percent in the private sector

## Education

- 33 percent with higher education
- One university (Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge)
- One international school with two campuses in Tønsberg and Sandefjord

 

## Quality of Life

- Housing prices < 55 percent of Oslo in average
- Have a yearly net migration and considered among the country's most attractive counties to settle in
- Recognized for a plesant climate
- A popular holiday destination for Norwegians, preferably during summer months

"In Vestfold & Telemark, shift work is part of our DNA"

## Sources

[Vestfold – fylke – Store norske leksikon](https://snl.no/Vestfold)

[Kunnskap om Vestfold - Vestfold fylkeskommune](https://vestfoldfylke.no/no/kunnskap-om-vestfold/)

[Eiendom Norge](https://eiendomnorge.no/)

[Finn.no - prisstatistikk](https://www.finn.no/prisstatistikk/216253630)

 

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