Stokke
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This article is about the former municipality in Vestfold, Norway. For other uses, see Stokke (disambiguation).
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.
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Stokke Municipality
Stokke kommune | |
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Stokke herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 59°14′24″N 10°16′15″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[3] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-0720[4] |
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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]