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Bamble Municipality
Bamble kommune | |
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| Bamle herred (historic name) | |
 Aerial view of northeastern Bamble and the Langesund-Stathelle area (left side of the fjord in the picture) | |
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 Telemark within Norway | |
 Bamble within Telemark | |
| Coordinates: 59°1′11″N 9°33′39″E / 59.01972°N 9.56083°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Telemark |
| District | Grenland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Langesund |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Jon Pieter Flølo (FrP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 304.40 km2 (117.53 sq mi) |
| • Land | 282.41 km2 (109.04 sq mi) |
| • Water | 21.99 km2 (8.49 sq mi) 7.2% |
| • Rank | #263 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 14,172 |
| • Rank | #87 in Norway |
| • Density | 50.2/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +0.3% |
| Demonyms | Bambling or Bamling Bemling (archaic)[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4012[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Bamble is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Langesund. Other population centres in Bamble include the town of Stathelle and the villages of Bamble, Botten, Herre, and Valle.
The 304-square-kilometre (117 sq mi) municipality is the 263rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Bamble is the 87th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 14,172. The municipality's population density is 50.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (130/sq mi) and its population has increased by 0.3% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).