Borre Municipality
Borre Municipality
Borre kommune | |
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| Borre herred (historic name) | |
View of the local Borre Church | |
Vestfold within Norway | |
Borre within Vestfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°22′55″N 10°27′23″E / 59.38189°N 10.45646°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestfold |
| District | Jarlsberg |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1988 |
| • Succeeded by | Borre Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Borre |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 69 km2 (27 sq mi) |
| Population (1988) | |
• Total | 12,994 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Borresokning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0717 |
Borre is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 69-square-kilometre (27 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1988. Borre was merged with Horten in 1988, and the new municipality bore the name Borre until after a public referendum regarding the name in 2002. The administrative centre was the village of Borre. Other villages in Borre included Skoppum and Nykirke. After 1965, Åsgårdstrand was also part of Borre. The main churches in Borre were Borre Church and Nykirke Church.
The historic Borre mound cemetery was located in the municipality.