Storevar is a village in

Sandefjord Municipality Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...

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county,

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. The village is located along the Tønsbergfjorden, just south of the village of

Melsomvik Melsomvik is a village in Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located along the Tønsbergfjorden, about to the east of the village of Stokke. The small village of Storevar lies immediately to the south of Melsom ...

, about to the southeast of the large village of Stokke, and about to the north of the village of Råstad. The village had a population (2014) of 339 and a

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of . Since 2015, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by

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, but instead it has been considered part of the

urban area. There are three islands in the fjord just outside Storevar: Gåsøykalven, Gåsøy, and Ravnø. During winters, the ocean occasionally freezes and makes it possible to hike to the islands from the village.

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Sandefjord Villages in Vestfold {{Vestfold-geo-stub