Stokke
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For other uses, see Stokke (disambiguation).
| Stokke kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vestfold | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0720 | ||
| Administrative centre | Stokke | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2007) | Nils Ingar Aabol (Ap) | ||
| Area (Nr. 375 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 118 km² (45.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 116 km² (44.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 9,985 | ||
| - Density | 86/km² (222.7/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 8.8 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 101 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
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| Website: www.stokke.kommune.no | |||
Stokke is a municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway. Stokke is also the name of the municipality's administrative centre.
Stokke was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Two islands were later transferred from Stokke to Nøtterøy: Håøya (1901) and Veierland (1964).
[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Stokke (Norse Stokkar), since the first church was built here. The name is the plural form of stokkr m 'log'. (This is probably referring and small hills/ridges near the churchsite.)
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1984). It shows three logs (timber). (See above under information of the name.)
(See also the coat-of-arms of Nes and Søndre Land.)
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