Borre Municipality

Borre Municipality
Borre kommune
Borre herred  (historic name)
View of the local Borre Church
View of the local Borre Church
Coat of arms of Borre Municipality
Vestfold within Norway
Vestfold within Norway
Borre within Vestfold
Borre within Vestfold
Coordinates: 59°22′55″N 10°27′23″E / 59.38189°N 10.45646°E / 59.38189; 10.45646
CountryNorway
CountyVestfold
DistrictJarlsberg
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1988
 • Succeeded byBorre Municipality
Administrative centreBorre
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total69 km2 (27 sq mi)
Population
 (1988)
 • Total12,994
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
DemonymBorresokning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0717[4]

Borre is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 69-square-kilometre (27 sq mi)[5] municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1988. Borre was merged with Horten in 1988, and the new municipality bore the name Borre until after a public referendum regarding the name in 2002. The administrative centre was the village of Borre. Other villages in Borre included Skoppum and Nykirke. After 1965, Åsgårdstrand was also part of Borre. The main churches in Borre were Borre Church and Nykirke Church.[6]

The historic Borre mound cemetery was located in the municipality.

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no. 1 October 1987.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Helland, Amund (1915). "Borre herred". VII. Jarlsberg og Larvik Amt. Tredje del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 355. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  6. ^ Lundbo, Sten, ed. (28 June 2022). "Borre (tidligere kommune)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 February 2024.