Sande, Vestfold

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Sande kommune
County Vestfold
District
Municipality NO-0713
Administrative centre Sande i Vestfold
Mayor (2003) Karl Einar Haslestad (Ap)
Official language form Bokmål
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage
Ranked 346
178 km²
174 km²
0.05 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 128
7,591
0.17 %
9.3 %
44/km²
Coordinates 59°35′N 10°13′E
www.sande-ve.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 59°35′N 10°13′E

Sande is a municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway. Sande is located about 40 minutes driving south of Oslo, and lies beautifully by the Sea. In recent years the center of Sande has grown significantly due to a a large number of new apartments and stores.

Parts of the Olsenbanden-movie "Olsenbanden tar gull" from 1973 was filmed in Sande, and another part in Stavern.

[edit] The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Sande (Norse Sandvin), since the first church was built here. The first element is sandr m 'sand', the last element is vin f 'meadow, pasture'.


Municipalities of Vestfold Vestfold coat of arms

Andebu | Hof | Holmestrand | Horten | Lardal | Larvik | Nøtterøy | Re | Sande | Sandefjord | Stokke | Svelvik | Tjøme | Tønsberg