Tokke
Tokke Municipality
Tokke kommune | |
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 Vestfold og Telemark within Norway | |
 Tokke within Vestfold og Telemark | |
| Coordinates: 59°25′2″N 7°58′43″E / 59.41722°N 7.97861°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestfold og Telemark |
| District | Vest-Telemark |
| Administrative centre | Dalen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Jarand Felland (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 984 km2 (380 sq mi) |
| • Land | 905 km2 (349 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #107 in Norway |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,337 |
| • Rank | #310 in Norway |
| • Density | 2.58/km2 (6.7/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −6.7% |
| Demonym | Tokkebu[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3824[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Tokke is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dalen. The municipality of Tokke was created on 1 January 1964 upon the merger of the two older municipalities of Lårdal and Mo. Located in Lårdal, Eidsborg stave church is one of Norway's old stave churches.
General information
Name
The name originally belongs to the river running through the municipality. The Old Norse form of the river name must have been Þotka and it is related to the name of the lake Totak (which it comes from). The river name is probably derived from the Norse word þot meaning "roaring, rushing, or howling".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 6 February 1987. The arms show a black bear on a gold background. The bear in the arms symbolizes the rich nature in the forests in the municipality. The bear plays a major role in many local legends and stories.[4]
Geography
Tokke borders Vinje, Kviteseid, Seljord, Fyresdal, Valle, and Bykle. The highest peak is Urdenosi which is 1,520 metres (4,990 ft) above sea level.
Notable residents
- Anne Grimdalen (1899–1961), sculptor from Skafså in Tokke
- Eivind Groven (1901–1977), composer from Lårdal in Tokke
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 18 January 2009.
External links
Media related to Tokke at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Tokke at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Telemark travel guide from Wikivoyage- Tokke description
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