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Færder Municipality
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Færder is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borgheim. Other villages in the municipality include Årøysund, Bjørnevåg, Buerstad, Duken, Glomstein, Grimestad, Hårkollen, Hulebakk, Kjøpmannskjær, Nesbrygga, Ormelet, Oterbekk, Skallestad, Skjerve, Solvang, Strengsdal, Sundene, Svelvik, Tenvik, Tjøme, Torød, Vestskogen, and Vollen.
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Færder
- Kommune.image_skyline
- Færder.jpg
- Kommune.image_caption
- View of the Færder Lighthouse
- Kommune.idnumber
- 3911
- Kommune.county
- Vestfold
- Kommune.capital
- Borgheim
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 2018
- Kommune.preceded
- Nøtterøy Municipality & Tjøme Municipality
- Kommune.demonyms
- FærdingFærdermannFærderkvinne
- Kommune.language
- Neutral
- Kommune.coatofarms
- Færder komm 2018.svg
- Kommune.webpage
- www.faerder.kommune.no
- Kommune.mayor
- Tom Mello
- Kommune.mayor_party
- H
- Kommune.mayor_as_of
- 2023
- Kommune.area_rank
- 329
- Kommune.area_total_km2
- 99.97
- Kommune.area_land_km2
- 99.72
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 2018
- Location
- Færder, Norway
- Also known as
- Færder
- Status
- Active
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- hvasslending
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Vestfold
- Capital
- Borgheim
- Population
- 27743
- Area
- 0.24
- Shares border with
- Sandefjord
- Official website
- www.faerder.kommune.no
- Image
- Færder fyr 4.jpg
- Households
- 318
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- Commons category
- Færder
- topic's main category
- Category:Færder
- inception
- 2018-01-01
- replaces
- Tjøme
- language used
- Nynorsk
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Encyclopedic overview
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- General information
- Name
- Coat of arms
- Churches
- Government
- Municipal council
- Mayors
- Geography
- Climate
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Færder is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borgheim. Other villages in the municipality include Årøysund, Bjørnevåg, Buerstad, Duken, Glomstein, Grimestad, Hårkollen, Hulebakk, Kjøpmannskjær, Nesbrygga, Ormelet, Oterbekk, Skallestad, Skjerve, Solvang, Strengsdal, Sundene, Svelvik, Tenvik, Tjøme, Torød, Vestskogen, and Vollen.
The municipality is the 329th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Færder is the 44th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 27,286. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 5.1% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Færder Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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