Tokke Municipality
Tokke is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dalen. Other villages in Tokke include Åmdals Verk, Eidsborg, Høydalsmo, Lårdal, and Øvre Byrte. The Eidsborg Stave Church is one of Norway's old stave churches and it is located in Eidsborg, just north of Dalen.
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Tokke
- Kommune.image_skyline
- Dalen i Telemark.jpg
- Kommune.image_caption
- View of Dalen and Bandak
- Kommune.idnumber
- 4034
- Kommune.county
- Telemark
- Kommune.district
- Vest-Telemark
- Kommune.capital
- Dalen
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 1964
- Kommune.preceded
- Lårdal and Mo
- Kommune.demonyms
- Daling, Eidsboring, Lårdøl, Skafsåing, Tokkebu
- Kommune.language
- Nynorsk
- Kommune.coatofarms
- Tokke komm.svg
- Kommune.webpage
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- General information
- Name
- Coat of arms
- Churches
- Geography
- Climate
- Government
- Municipal council
- Mayor
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Tokke is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dalen. Other villages in Tokke include Åmdals Verk, Eidsborg, Høydalsmo, Lårdal, and Øvre Byrte. The Eidsborg Stave Church is one of Norway's old stave churches and it is located in Eidsborg, just north of Dalen.
The municipality is the 117th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Tokke is the 268th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,198. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 3.8% over the previous 10-year period.