Larvik
| Larvik kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 59°4′52″N 10°0′59″E / 59.08111°N 10.01639°E / 59.08111; 10.01639 | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
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| County | Vestfold | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0709 | ||
| Administrative centre | Larvik | ||
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| - Mayor (2003) | Øyvind Riise Jenssen (H) | ||
| Area (Nr. 199 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 535 km2 (206.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 501 km2 (193.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006-1-1) | |||
| - Total | 41,211 | ||
| - Density | 82/km2 (212.4/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 5.5 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 17 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Demonym | Larviking Larviker Larvikar [1] |
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| Website | www.larvik.kommune.no | ||
Larvik (help·info) is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik.
The city of Larvik was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The city of Stavern and the rural municipalities of Brunlanes, Hedrum, and Tjølling were merged into the municipality of Larvik on 1 January 1988.
Larvik has a daily ferry connection to the town of Hirtshals in Denmark.
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General information
Name
The Old Norse form of the name must have been Lagarvík. The first element is the genitive case of logr which means "water" or "river" (now called the Numedalslågen river) and the last element is vík which means "inlet". Therefore the meaning is "the inlet at the mouth of (Numedals)lågen". Prior to 1889, the name was written "Laurvik" or "Laurvig".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1989. The arms are blue with a silver-colored mast with three sails to represent the maritime traditions of the municipality.
History
The city of Larvik (in contemporaneous Danish spelling: Laurvig) was founded in 1671 by Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve, who became the first count of Laurvig. The castle can still be vistited Today. Larvik houses the Treschow estate which is currently owned by Mille-Marie Treschow "Norway's richest woman.". The Treschow estate was created in the 1820s when the last count of Laurvig was declared bankrupt.
Geography
The municipality is approximately 105 kilometres (65 mi) southwest of Oslo. The municipality covers an area of 530 square kilometres (200 sq mi), and has a population of 41,211 (23,100 of which in the town). The economy of the municipality relies heavily on agriculture, commerce and services, light industry and transportation.
The district also includes the town of Stavern (population: 5,000) and the villages of Nevlunghavn, Helgeroa, Kvelde, Hvarnes, and Tjølling. Notable geographical features include the lake Farris and the river Numedalslågen, locally called Lågen, which terminates in Larvik, east of the town.
Larvik is also noted for its natural springs of mineral water, Farriskildene, which have been commercially exploited under the brand name Farris. At Kaupang in Tjølling, lie the remains of the medieval Skiringssal trading outpost. Larvik is also home to the world's northernmost natural occurrence of Fagus sylvatica forests (European Beech tree or Norwegian: Bøkeskogen).
Notable residents
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Honorary citizens
Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Antonio Bibalo, Thor Heyerdahl, Carl Nesjar and Arne Nordheim are honorary citizens of Larvik.[citation needed]
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Larvik:[2]
Borlänge, Dalarna County, Sweden
Frederikshavn, Region Nordjylland, Denmark
Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland
Malbork, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
See also
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ "Vennskapskommuner". Larvik kommune. http://www.larvik.kommune.no/Om-Larvik/Fakta-om-Larvik/Vennskapskommuner/. Retrieved on 2009-1-14. (Norwegian)
External links
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Look up Larvik in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Vestfold travel guide from Wikitravel
- Larvik travel guide from Wikitravel
- iBrunlanes.no (Norwegian)
- Municipal web site (Norwegian)
- Live Camera - Larvik Square (Norwegian)
- Live Camera - 10 cameras from Larvik (Norwegian)
- Visitlarvik.no
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