Sande Municipality (Vestfold)
Sande Municipality
Sande kommune | |
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| Sande herred (historic name) | |
Vestfold within Norway | |
Sande within Vestfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°35′12″N 10°12′29″E / 59.58679°N 10.20808°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestfold |
| District | Jarlsberg |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Holmestrand Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Sande |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 178.34 km2 (68.86 sq mi) |
| • Land | 174.26 km2 (67.28 sq mi) |
| • Water | 4.08 km2 (1.58 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #346 in Norway |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 9,904 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Sandesokning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0713 |
Sande is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 178-square-kilometre (69 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Holmestrand Municipality in the traditional district of Jarlsberg. The administrative centre was the village of Sande. Other villages in the municipality included Eikeberg, Klever, and Selvik.