Stokke
| Stokke kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 59°14′24″N 10°16′15″E / 59.24°N 10.27083°ECoordinates: 59°14′24″N 10°16′15″E / 59.24°N 10.27083°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vestfold | ||
| Administrative centre | Stokke | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2007) | Nils Ingar Aabol (Ap) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 118 km2 (46 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 116 km2 (45 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 375 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 9,985 | ||
| • Rank | 101 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 86/km2 (220/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 8.8 % | ||
| Demonym | Stokkesokning[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0720 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.stokke.kommune.no | ||
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Stokke is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stokke.
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[edit] Background
The municipality of Stokke was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Two islands were later transferred from the municipality of Stokke to the neighboring municipality of Nøtterøy: Håøya, (in 1901) and Veierland (in 1964).
[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Stokke farm (Old Norse: Stokkar), since the first church was built here. The name is the plural form of stokkr which means "log". (This is probably referring to some small hills/ridges near the churchsite.)[2]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 13 January 1984. The arms are canting since stokker means "sticks" or "logs". The arms show three gold-colored tree trunks on a red background.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1907). Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt (6 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 179. http://books.google.com/books?id=3YpBAAAAIAAJ. (Norwegian)
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/s/stokke.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
[edit] External links
Media related to Stokke at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary entry for Stokke- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Vestfold travel guide from Wikitravel
- Stokke travel guide from Wikitravel
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