Stokke Municipality
Stokke kommune | |
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Stokke herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 59°14′24″N 10°16′15″E / 59.24000°N 10.27083°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[2] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-0720[4] |
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.
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]