Mandal kommune Municipality View of Sjøsanden, a beach in Mandal Coat of arms Vest-Agder within Norway Mandal within Vest-Agder Coordinates: 58°02′45″N 07°29′44″E﻿ / ﻿58.04583°N 7.49556°E﻿ / 58.04583; 7.49556Coordinates: 58°02′45″N 07°29′44″E﻿ / ﻿58.04583°N 7.49556°E﻿ / 58.04583; 7.49556 Country Norway County Vest-Agder District Sørlandet Administrative centre Mandal Government • Mayor (2015) Alf Erik Andersen (Frp) Area • Total 222.83 km2 (86.04 sq mi) • Land 210.61 km2 (81.32 sq mi) • Water 12.22 km2 (4.72 sq mi) Area rank 322 in Norway Population (2017) • Total 15,600 • Rank 77 in Norway • Density 74.1/km2 (192/sq mi) • Change (10 years) 9.9 % Demonym(s) Mandalitt[1] Time zone CET (UTC+1) • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) ISO 3166 code NO-1002 Official language form Bokmål Website www.mandal.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway