Voiebyen

Voiebyen is a district in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The district has a population of about 6,000 people in 2014 and it is a part of the borough of Vågsbygd in the southwestern part of the city. The district of Vågsbygd lies to the north, and the district of Flekkerøy lies to the south on the island of Flekkerøya.

District Voiebyen
District in Kristiansand
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58.1058°N 07.9557°E / 58.1058; 07.9557
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Agder
Municipality	Kristiansand
Borough	Vågsbygd
Elevation [1]	33 m (108 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	6,000
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-030112
Website	kristiansand.kommune.no

Voie Church is located in the district. Voiebyen has one junior high school, Møvik Skole and two elementary schools: Torkelsmyra skole and Voie skole.

Politics

The 10 largest political parties in Voiebyen in 2015:

Kristiansand city council votes from Voiebyen 2015[2]
Labour Party	27.5% (654 votes)
Conservative Party	27% (642 votes)
Christian Democratic Party	15.5% (368 votes)
Progress Party	7.7% (183 votes)
The Democrats	5.6% (134 votes)
Green Party	3.5% (84 votes)
Socialist Left Party	2.3% (55 votes)
Pensioners' Party	2% (48 votes)
Red	1.8% (42 votes)
Centre Party	0.8% (31 votes)
Others	1.8% (44 votes)
Total	2383 votes

Transportation

Local city buses are available from 5:00 am until 1:00 am. Bus line M2 follows the Voie ringvei road and ends in the district of Hånes 3-5 times during the day. Lines 05 and 02 go only a few times in the morning and afternoon. Line 50 follows County road 456 out of Voiebyen to the neighboring municipality of Søgne.

Bus transportation from/through Voiebyen

Line	Destination [3]
M1	Flekkerøy - Sørlandsparken Dyreparken-IKEA
M1	Flekkerøy - Kvadraturen
M2	Voiebyen - Hånes
M2	Voiebyen - Hånes-Lauvåsen
D2	Voiebyen - Kvadraturen
D2	Voiebyen - Kvadraturen-UiA
N2	Flekkerøy - Voiebyen - Kvadraturen
05	Andøya - Vågsbygd kirke
05	Andøya - Kvadraturen
05	Andøya - Kvadraturen-UiA
09	Bråvann - Vågsbygd kirke
09	Bråvann - Kvadraturen
09	Bråvann - Kvadraturen-UiA
50	Søgne - Kristiansand
50	Søgne - Kristiansand-UiA

Roads

County Road 456 goes through Voiebyen before exiting Kristiansand municipality on its way to Søgne. It is the old main road out of Kristiansand westbound. County Road 457 starts where 456 takes a turn for the west. 457 ends at Flekkerøy after going through a 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) long tunnel. The Voie ringvei road follows a path around Voiebyen.

Neighbourhoods

• Andøya
• Bråvann
• Flekkerøyhavn
• Møvik
• Skutevika
• Steindalen
• Ternevig
• Voie
• Voiebyen nordvest
• Voiebyen nordøst
• Voiebyen sørvest
• Voiebyen sørøst

Media gallery

• 
  Møvig Junior High
• 
  Møvik
• 
  Flekkerøyhavn
• 
  Skonnertveien
• 
  Ternevig