Stokke
| Stokke | |
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| Former Municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 59°14′24″N 10°16′15″E / 59.24000°N 10.27083°ECoordinates: 59°14′24″N 10°16′15″E / 59.24000°N 10.27083°E | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 118 km2 (46 sq mi) |
| • Land | 116 km2 (45 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 375 |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 9,985 |
| • Rank | 101 |
| • Density | 86/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Stokke was a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stokke. On 1. january 2017, the municipality, along with Andebu, became a part of the new Sandefjord municipality.
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).
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 hills/ridges near the churchsite.)
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.
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