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Sundene
Sundene is a village and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in Tjøme municipality, Norway. The statistical area Sundene, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 345. The village Sundene is located on the northern end of the island, and does not belong to an urban settlement. A bridge connects it to Kjøpmannskjær in Nøtterøy Nøtterøy is an island and a former municipality in the present-day municipality of Færder in Vestfold and Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Borgheim. The parish of ''Nøtterø'' was estab ... municipality. References Villages in Vestfold og Telemark {{vestfold-geo-stub ...
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Tjøme
Tjøme () is an island in Færder, and a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Tjøme. The parish of ''Tjømø'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Tjøme was the childhood holiday destination for writer Roald Dahl. It is the second-largest island in Vestfold County. General information Name The Old Norse form of the name was ''Tjúma''. The name of the island is probably very old, and the meaning is unknown. Prior to 1918, the name was spelled ''"Tjømø"''. Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1989). The arms show three silver-colored oarlocks on a blue background which represents the three islands Tjøme, Brøtsø and Hvasser. Geography Tjøme municipality is completely located on islands, the main island being the Tjøme island, where Kirkebygda (the community center) is located, along with the shops, schools and restaurants. There are a ...
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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ...
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Kjøpmannskjær
Kjøpmannskjær is a village and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in Nøtterøy municipality, Norway. The statistical area Kjøpmannskjær, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 544. The village Kjøpmannskjær is considered a part of the urban settlement Årøysund Årøysund is a village and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in Nøtterøy municipality, Norway. The statistical area Årøysund, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population ..., which covers the southern part of the island. The urban settlement Årøysund has a population of 2,069. References Villages in Vestfold og Telemark {{vestfold-geo-stub ...
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Nøtterøy
Nøtterøy is an island and a former municipality in the present-day municipality of Færder in Vestfold and Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Borgheim. The parish of ''Nøtterø'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Two islands were later transferred from the municipality of Stokke to Nøtterøy: Håøya (in 1901) and Veierland (in 1964). The whole municipality was made up of a small island group south of Tønsberg municipality, including the islands of Nøtterøy, Føynland, Veierland, and about 175 smaller islands. Nøtterøy includes the villages of Borgheim, Glomstein, Teie, and Torød. As 2010, 16,418 of the municipality lived within the town of Tønsberg, an urban area shared between the two municipalities. It is the largest island in Vestfold County. The highest point on Nøtterøy Island is Vetan with an elevation of 99.7 meters. The mountain has been operated by the No ...
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