Tjøme
Tjøme Municipality
Tjøme kommune | |
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| Tjømø herred (historic name) | |
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Vestfold within Norway | |
Tjøme within Vestfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°7′16″N 10°23′57″E / 59.12111°N 10.39917°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestfold |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2018 |
| • Succeeded by | Færder Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Tjøme |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008) | Bente Kleppe Bjerke (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 39.40 km2 (15.21 sq mi) |
| • Land | 39.29 km2 (15.17 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.11 km2 (0.04 sq mi) 0.3% |
| • Rank | #417 in Norway |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 4,928 |
| • Rank | #212 in Norway |
| • Density | 130/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +9.7% |
| Demonym | Tjømling |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0723 |
Tjøme (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈçø̀ːmə]) is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 39-square-kilometre (15 sq mi) island municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2018. The area is now part of Færder Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Tjøme. Other villages in Tjøme included Bjørnevåg, Grimestad, Hulebakk, Ormelet, Solvang, Sundene, and Svelvik.
At the time of its dissolution in 2017, the 39.4-square-kilometre (15.2 sq mi) municipality was the 417th largest by area out of the 426 municipalities in Norway. Tjøme was the 212th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,928. The municipality's population density was 125 inhabitants per square kilometre (320/sq mi) and its population had increased by 9.7% over the previous 10-year period.
The whole municipality was made up of a group of islands located to the south of Nøtterøy Municipality. The municipality included all of the island of Tjøme plus the smaller islands of Hvasser, Brøtsø, Hui, and Sandø. In addition to this, there were also about 475 smaller islands and skerries. The main island of Tjøme is the second-largest island in Vestfold County.
Tjøme was the childhood holiday destination for writer Roald Dahl.