Stokke Municipality
Stokke kommune | |
|---|---|
| Stokke herred (historic name) | |
 | |
 Flag | |
 Vestfold within Norway | |
 Stokke within Vestfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°14′24″N 10°16′15″E / 59.24000°N 10.27083°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestfold |
| District | Vestfold |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2017 |
| • Succeeded by | Sandefjord Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Stokke |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 118.36 km2 (45.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 115.59 km2 (44.63 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.77 km2 (1.07 sq mi) 2.3% |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 11,657 |
| • Density | 98/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Stokkesokning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0720[4] |
Stokke is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 118-square-kilometre (46 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2017. The area is now part of Sandefjord Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Stokke. Other main villages in Stokke included Vear, Melsomvik, Storevar, and Valberg.
Upon its dissolution, the 118-square-kilometre (46 sq mi) municipality had a population of 11,657. The municipality's population density is 98 inhabitants per square kilometre (250/sq mi).[5][6]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no. 5 May 2006.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).