Slettheia

District Slettheia
District in Kristiansand
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°08′15″N 7°56′05″E / 58.1374°N 07.9346°E / 58.1374; 07.9346Coordinates: 58°08′15″N 7°56′05″E / 58.1374°N 07.9346°E / 58.1374; 07.9346
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Vest-Agder
Municipality	Kristiansand
Borough	Vågsbygd
Elevation[1]	109 m (358 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	4,000
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-030112
Website	kristiansand.kommune.no

Slettheia is a district in the borough Vågsbygd in the city of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The population was about 4,000 in 2014. It is the most populated immigrant settlement in Kristiansand. The district was the childhood home for Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway. Public transportation is available with local city buses every day. Slettheia has one elementary and one junior high, the closest high school is "Vågsbygd High School".^[2]

Demographic

Slettheia has about 4,000 residents (in 2014) and it is the district in Kristiansand with the highest percentage of immigrants in the city with about 36% of residents being immigrants. Approximately 31% are from Africa and Asia while another 4% are from Europe and North-America.^[2]

Transportation

Politics

The 10 largest political parties in Slettheia in 2015: ^[4]

Neighbourhoods

• Fiskåtangen
• Gislemyr
• Kartheia
• Nedre Slettheia
• Slettheia sør
• Slettheitoppen vest
• Slettheitoppen øst
• Slettheiveien

Media gallery

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  Most apartments on Slettheia looks like this
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  Øvre Slettheia
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  Slettheia from Tinnheia
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  View of Vågsbygd from Slettheia
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  Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway is from Slettheia

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