Re, Norway

Re Municipality
Re kommune
View of the local Undrumsdal Church
Flag of Re Municipality
Coat of arms of Re Municipality
Vestfold within Norway
Vestfold within Norway
Re within Vestfold
Re within Vestfold
Coordinates: 59°25′8″N 10°17′10″E / 59.41889°N 10.28611°E / 59.41889; 10.28611
CountryNorway
CountyVestfold
DistrictJarlsberg
Established1 Jan 2002
 • Preceded byRamnes Municipality and Våle Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byTønsberg Municipality
Administrative centreRevetal
Government
 • Mayor (2003-2020)Thorvald Hillestad (Sp)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
224.66 km2 (86.74 sq mi)
 • Land222.37 km2 (85.86 sq mi)
 • Water2.29 km2 (0.88 sq mi)  1%
 • Rank#316 in Norway
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
9,730
 • Density43.3/km2 (112/sq mi)
DemonymRe-folk[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0716[4]

Re is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 225-square-kilometre (87 sq mi) municipality existed from 2000 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Tønsberg Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Revetal. Other villages in the municipality included Ramnes, Brekkeåsen, Bergsåsen, Gretteåsen, Undrumsdal, Fon, Vivestad.[5]

Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the 225-square-kilometre (87 sq mi) municipality was the 316th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Re had a population of 9,730. The municipality's population density is 43.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (112/sq mi).[6][7]

The river Aulielva ran through the municipality. The highest point in Re was Snippane with an elevation of 400 m (1,312 ft). Snippane was located along the border with Lardal Municipality, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the village of Hof.[8]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no. 2 April 2002.
  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. ^ Lundbo, Sten, ed. (1 January 2024). "Re (tidligere kommune)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ Larsen, Erlend (2011). På Tur i Vestfold del 2 (in Norwegian). E-forlag. p. 190. ISBN 9788293057222.