Editing Re, Norway (section)

== General information ==
The municipality was established on 1 January 2002 when the two neighboring municipalities of [[Ramnes Municipality|Ramnes]] and [[Våle]] were merged to form one large municipality called ''Re''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Larsen |first=Erlend |title=Tre kommuner blir til én: Suksesskriteriene bak nye Sandefjord |publisher=E-forlag |year=2016 |isbn=9788293057277 |page=32 |language=no}}</ref> 

On 1 January 2020, Re Municipality was dissolved and new borders were drawn for the municipalities of Horten, Tønsberg, and Holmestrand:<ref name="snl" />
*the {{convert|691|daa|acre|adj=on}} area that is on the northeast coast Re Municipality, including the island of [[Langøya, Holmestrand|Langøya]], was transferred into [[Holmestrand Municipality]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-11 |title=Vedtak om mindre grensejusteringer mellom Re og Holmestrand kommuner, Vestfold |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/2018-11-22-1857 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=Lovdata.no |language=no}}</ref> 
*the {{convert|128|daa|acre|adj=on}} Haugan area was transferred from [[Horten Municipality]] to Re<ref name="H2T">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-11 |title=Vedtak om mindre grensejusteringer mellom Re og Horten kommuner, Vestfold |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/2018-11-16-1855 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og regionaldepartementet |language=no}}</ref> 
*the {{convert|388|daa|acre|adj=on}} Nykirke/Pauliveien area was transferred from Re to [[Horten Municipality]]<ref name="H2T" />
*the {{convert|318|daa|acre|adj=on}} west Skoppum area was transferred from Re to [[Horten Municipality]] (creating a small [[exclave]] for the Råen farm inside Horten)<ref name="H2T" />
*the remaining portions of Re Municipality was merged into [[Tønsberg Municipality]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-11 |title=Forskrift om sammenslåing av Tønsberg kommune og Re kommune til Tønsberg kommune, Vestfold |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/2017-12-11-1970 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> 

===Name===
The municipality is named after an old name for the district, Re ({{langx|non|Ré}}). The name is related to the old German word {{wikt-lang|de|reihe}} which means "line" or "row", referring to the local geological formation called [[Vestfoldraet|Raet]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3YpBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt |date=1907 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=6 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=153–154 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 31 August 2001 in preparation for the establishment of the new municipality on 1 January 2002. It was determined by a public competition and a public vote among inhabitants of the new municipality. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], an [[escarbuncle]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I grønt en gul liljehaspel}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a five-pointed [[escarbuncle]]. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The green color in the field symbolizes the importance of [[nature]] and [[agriculture]]. The five-pointed design has a long history in the area and it symbolizes unity and to point back in time to the historic battles fought at Re. The five points represent the five parishes within Re. The arms were designed by Arvid Steen. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Re_(Vestfold) |access-date=2024-02-03 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Re, Vestfold (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-07-16.html |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunevåpnet til Re kommune |url=http://www.re.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?MId1=90&AId=1067&back=1 |access-date=2009-01-13 |publisher=Re kommune |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Re kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10071208070059.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dre |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had five parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Re. It was part of the [[Nord-Jarlsberg prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Tunsberg]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Re'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Fon||[[Fon Church]]||[[Fon, Norway|Fon]]||c. 1100
|-
|rowspan="1"|Ramnes||[[Ramnes Church]]||[[Ramnes (village)|Ramnes]]||c. 1100
|-
|rowspan="1"|Undrumsdal||[[Undrumsdal Church]]||Undrumsdal||1882
|-
|rowspan="1"|Vivestad||[[Vivestad Church]]||[[Vivestad]]||1914
|-
|rowspan="1"|Våle||[[Våle Church]]||[[Bergsåsen]]||c. 1100
|}