Tjøme or Kirkebygda is a village in

Færder Municipality Færder is a municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borgheim. The municipality was established in 2018 by the unification of the former municipalities of ...

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county,

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. The village is located in the central part of the island of Tjøme, about south of the city of Tønsberg. The village of Bjørnevåg lies about to the south, the village of Ormelet lies about to the southeast, the village of

Hulebakk Hulebakk is a village in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Tjøme, about to the northeast of the village of Tjøme, about to the northwest of the village of Ormelet, and about to the so ...

lies about to the east-northeast, the village of

Grimestad Grimestad is a village in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Tjøme, about to the northeast of the village of Tjøme, about to the north of the village of Hulebakk, about to the southeas ...

lies about to the north-northeast, and the village of

Svelvik Svelvik is a town in Drammen municipality, Viken county. It is also a former municipality, which was a part of former Vestfold county. The town of Svelvik was separated from the rural municipality of Strømm to become a municipality of its own ...

lies about to the north. The village has a population (2023) of 2,879 and a

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of .

Tjøme Church Tjøme Church ( no, Tjøme kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tjøme. It is the church for the Tjøme parish which is part of the Tønsberg dom ...

is located in the village centre. The village also has a library, grocery stores, gas station, schools, and other businesses. The village was the

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of the old Tjøme Municipality which existed from 1838 until 2018 when it became part of

Media gallery

Tjøme kirke Church 1866 Winter afternoon sky Østveien Kirkebygda Personbiler Gravemaskiner Excavators Cars No snow etc Færder Municipality, Norway 2020-01-15 1899.jpg,

TJØME sentrum Færder kommune Vestfold NORWAY Korsholmveien Vitus apotek Outlet Kirkebygden legekontor 2023-08-31 IMG 1082.jpg TJØME sentrum Færder kommune Vestfold NORWAY Østveien Sentrumsbygget Vinmonopolet Ioanna Sentrumsgården Apotek parkering 2023-08-31 IMG 1097.jpg Tjoeme sentrum raadhus IMG 1846.jpg, Municipal office building

References

Færder Villages in Vestfold og Telemark {{Vestfold-geo-stub