Lahelle | |
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Village | |
  Lahelle Location of the village  Lahelle Lahelle (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 59°08′04″N 10°17′00″E / 59.1345°N 10.28339°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Eastern Norway |
| County | Vestfold |
| District | Vestfold |
| Municipality | Sandefjord Municipality |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 3218 Sandefjord |
Lahelle is a village in Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located at the innermost part of the 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) long Lahellefjorden. It is also located at the northern end of the Østerøya peninsula. The village is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the east of the centre of the city of Sandefjord, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) southwest of the village of Solløkka, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the village of Helgerød, and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the village of Gokstad.
Lahelle is considered to be one of the outer neighborhoods in the eastern part of the city of Sandefjord which has an area of 24 square kilometres (9.3 sq mi) and a population (in 2022) of 45,816.[2] The statistical area Lahelle, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 208.[3]
The oldest remaining house at Lahelle is dated to 1853.[4] The area is now made up of a mixture of homes and vacation homes. There are several piers here along with sandy beaches.[5]
- ^ "Lahelle, Sandefjord". yr.no. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2022). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- ^ Statistics Norway (2007). "Statistics bank". Archived from the original on 26 May 2012.
- ^ Davidsen, Roger (2008). Et Sted i Sandefjord (in Norwegian). Sandar Historielag. p. 82. ISBN 9788299456753.
- ^ Gjerseth, Simen (2016). Nye Sandefjord (in Norwegian). Liv forlag. p. 280. ISBN 9788283301137.