Tokke
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| County | Telemark | |
| District | Vest-Telemark | |
| Municipality | NO-0833 | |
| Administrative centre | Dalen | |
| Mayor (2003) | Birger Nygård (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Nynorsk | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 107 984 km² 905 km² 0.30 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 304 2,465 0.05 % -4.4 % 3/km² |
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| www.tokke.kommune.no |
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Tokke is a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway. It came to be after the merger of the two older municipalities Lårdal and Mo, which was put into effect as of 1 January 1964.
Tokke borders Vinje, Kviteseid, Seljord, Fyresdal, Valle og Bykle. The highest peak is Urdenosi, 1,520 meters above sea level.
In the village of Eidsborg one finds one of Norway's old stave churches.
[edit] The name
The name originally belongs to the river running through the municipality. The Norse form of the rivername must have been *Þotka, and it is related to the name of the lake Totak (which it comes from). The rivername is probably derived form the Norse word þot n 'roaring, rushing, howling'.
[edit] Notable people from Tokke
- Anne Grimdalen (1899-1961), sculptor from Skafså in Tokke
- Eivind Groven (1901-1977), composer from Lårdal in Tokke
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Bamble | Bø | Drangedal | Fyresdal | Hjartdal | Kragerø | Kviteseid | Nissedal | Nome | Notodden | Porsgrunn | Sauherad | Seljord | Siljan | Skien | Tinn | Tokke | Vinje |
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