Nøtterøy
Nøtterøy Municipality
Nøtterøy kommune | |
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| Nøtterø herred (historic name) | |
View of the Årøysund area | |
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Vestfold within Norway | |
Nøtterøy within Vestfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°12′4″N 10°24′28″E / 59.20111°N 10.40778°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestfold |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2018 |
| • Succeeded by | Færder Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Borgheim |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 60.56 km2 (23.38 sq mi) |
| • Land | 60.43 km2 (23.33 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.13 km2 (0.05 sq mi) 0.2% |
| • Rank | #410 in Norway |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 21,748 |
| • Rank | #15 in Norway |
| • Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +7.1% |
| Demonym | Nøttlending |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0722 |
Nøtterøy is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 61-square-kilometre (24 sq mi) island municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2018. The area is now part of Færder Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Borgheim. Other villages in Nøtterøy included Årøysund, Buerstad, Duken, Føynland, Glomstein, Hårkollen, Kjøpmannskjær, Nesbrygga, Oterbekk, Skallestad, Skjerve, Strengsdal, Tenvik, Torød, Vestskogen, and Vollen. The whole northern part of the municipality was considered to be part of the city of Tønsberg metropolitan area.
The municipality was made up of nearly 200 islands, including the main island of Nøtterøy plus Veierland and Føynland.
At the time of its dissolution in 2017, the 60.56-square-kilometre (23.38 sq mi) municipality was the 410th largest by area out of the 426 municipalities in Norway. Tjøme was the 15th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,748. The municipality's population density was 359 inhabitants per square kilometre (930/sq mi) and its population had increased by 7.1% over the previous 10-year period.