Ramnes Municipality

Ramnes Municipality
Ramnes kommune
Ramnes herred  (historic name)
Historic Ramnes Church
Historic Ramnes Church
Flag of Ramnes Municipality
Coat of arms of Ramnes Municipality
Vestfold within Norway
Vestfold within Norway
Ramnes within Vestfold
Ramnes within Vestfold
Coordinates: 59°20′50″N 10°15′07″E / 59.34716°N 10.25208°E / 59.34716; 10.25208
CountryNorway
CountyVestfold
DistrictJarlsberg
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 2002
 • Succeeded byRe Municipality
Administrative centreRamnes
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
138 km2 (53 sq mi)
DemonymRamnessokning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0718[4]

Ramnes is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 138-square-kilometre (53 sq mi)[5] municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2002. The area is now part of Tønsberg Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Ramnes (sometimes called Tingvoll). Other villages in Ramnes included Vivestad, Fon, Bergsåsen, and Linnestad.[6]

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  2. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  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). "Ramnes herred". VII. Jarlsberg og Larvik Amt. Tredje del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 393. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  6. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir; Lundbo, Sten; Mæhlum, Lars, eds. (1 January 2024). "Ramnes". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 February 2024.