Re is a former

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Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered ...

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(as of 1 January 2020

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. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of

Revetal Revetal was the administrative centre of Re municipality, Norway, until the municipality was merged into Tønsberg. Together with the nearby housing estate A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex or housing development) is a grou ...

. The municipality was established in 2002 by the unification of the former municipalities of Ramnes and Våle. It included the villages of Ramnes, Våle, Undrumsdal, Fon,

Vivestad Vivestad church (''Vivestad kirke'') is located in Vivestad parish in Tønsberg municipality in Vestfold of Telemark, Norway. After the local parish church which had dated to 1628 burned down, the present church was built between 1913–14 ...

(and

). The river Aulielva ran through the district. The highest point in Re was Snippane with an elevation of . Snippane is situated on the border to

Lardal Lardal () is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Svarstad. The parish of ''Laurdal'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt ...

, three kilometers south of Hof. On 1 January 2020. The municipality became a part of Tønsberg municipality, in the county of Vestfold og Telemark.

General information

Name

The

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form of the name was ''Ré'', and it is an old district name. The name is related to the German word ''Reihe'' which means "line" and it refers to the geological formation called

Raet Raet is the largest terminal moraine in Scandinavia. It was formed during the end of the last glacial period, 12,800–11,500 years ago, in one of the latest advances of the glaciers. As the glacier retreated towards the end of this period, it ...

Coat-of-arms

The

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was from modern times. They were granted in August 2001. It was designed by Arvid Steen. It showed a gold-colored five point design on a green shield. The five points represented the five parishes in the municipality. The design has a long history in the area. The green was chosen to represent

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and

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and the gold was chosen because it goes well with green.

History

In this area a battle took place in 1177, which is the last one mentioned in

Heimskringla ''Heimskringla'' () is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland by the poet and historian Snorre Sturlason (1178/79–1241) 1230. The name ''Heimskringla'' was first used in the 17th century, derive ...

Snorri Sturluson Snorri Sturluson ( ; ; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of th ...

. Graves and other findings from the

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and even earlier can be found throughout the district.

References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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* {{Authority control Populated places established in 2002 Tønsberg 2002 establishments in Norway