Sandar, Norway

Sandar Municipality
Sandar herred
Sandeherad herred  (historic name)
Sandeherred herred [1]  (historic name)
Sandar Church
Vestfold within Norway
Vestfold within Norway
Sandar within Vestfold
Sandar within Vestfold
Coordinates: 59°08′03″N 10°13′28″E / 59.1343°N 10.2244°E / 59.1343; 10.2244
CountryNorway
CountyVestfold
DistrictVestfold
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1968
 • Succeeded bySandefjord Municipality
Administrative centreSandar
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total120 km2 (50 sq mi)
Population
 (1968)
 • Total24,898
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
DemonymSandehering[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0724[5]

Sandar (or historically Sandeherred) is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 120-square-kilometre (46 sq mi)[6][1] municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1968. The area is now part of Sandefjord Municipality. The administrative centre was located at Sandar, right by the Sandar Church in what is now the town of Sandefjord.[6]

Sandar was located in the southern, coastal part of Vestfold county. The European route E18 highway and the Vestfoldbanen railway line both passed through the municipality. The municipality encircled the whole town of Sandefjord until 1968 when they were merged.[6]

  1. ^ a b Helland, Amund (1915). "Sandeherred herred". VII. Jarlsberg og Larvik Amt. Tredie del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 575. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  4. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  6. ^ a b c Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (28 June 2022). "Sandar". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 November 2023.