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Also known as Nøtterøy municipality, Notteroy

Nøtterøy is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The island municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2018. The area is now part of Færder Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Borgheim. Other villages in Nøtterøy included Årøysund, Buerstad, Duken, Føynland, Glomstein, Hårkollen, Kjøpmannskjær, Nesbrygga, Oterbekk, Skallestad, Skjerve, Strengsdal, Tenvik, Torød, Vestskogen, and Vollen. The whole northern part of the municipality was considered to be part of the city of Tønsberg metropolitan area.

Key facts

Kommune.name
Nøtterøy
Kommune.former
yes
Kommune.former_name
Nøtterø herred
Kommune.image_skyline
Aaroysund.jpg
Kommune.image_caption
View of the Årøysund area
Kommune.idnumber
0722
Kommune.county
Vestfold
Kommune.capital
Borgheim
Kommune.established
1 Jan 1838
Kommune.preceded
none
Kommune.disestablished
1 Jan 2018
Kommune.succeeded
Færder Municipality
Kommune.demonym
Nøttlending
Kommune.language
Bokmål
Kommune.area_rank
410
Kommune.area_total_km2
60.56
Kommune.area_land_km2
60.43
Kommune.area_water_km2
0.13

via Wikipedia infobox

Research organization · ROR

Type
Government
Location
Borgheim, Norway
Status
Inactive

GRID grid.458570.b · ISNI 0000 0004 0460 3423

Wikidata facts

Country
Norway
Located in
Vestfold
Capital
Borgheim
Population
21621
Area
61
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Body of water
North Sea
Shares border with
Sandefjord
Official website
www.notteroy.kommune.no
Image
Årøsund (14609169394) (cropped).jpg
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inception
1837-00-00
located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Færder Municipality
Commons category
Nøtterøy (former municipality)
topic's main category
Category:Nøtterøy
postal code
3106–3163
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2017-12-31
category of associated people
Category:People from Nøtterøy
language used
Bokmål
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • General information
  • Name
  • Coat of arms
  • Churches
  • Geography
  • Government
  • Municipal council
  • Mayors
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Nøtterøy is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The island municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2018. The area is now part of Færder Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Borgheim. Other villages in Nøtterøy included Årøysund, Buerstad, Duken, Føynland, Glomstein, Hårkollen, Kjøpmannskjær, Nesbrygga, Oterbekk, Skallestad, Skjerve, Strengsdal, Tenvik, Torød, Vestskogen, and Vollen. The whole northern part of the municipality was considered to be part of the city of Tønsberg metropolitan area.

The municipality was made up of nearly 200 islands, including the main island of Nøtterøy plus Veierland and Føynland.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nøtterøy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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