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===Villages=== [[File:Nevlunghavn_-_brygga.jpg|thumb|right|Harbour in [[Nevlunghavn]], a small fishing village and the southernmost point in mainland Vestfold.<ref name="Cap" />{{rp|67}}]] The municipality is home to two cities and seven larger urban villages:<ref name="snl" /><ref name="ssb3">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2022-01-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/beftett/aar}}</ref> * [[Larvik (town)|Larvik]] (city), population: 26,851 * [[Stavern]] (city), population: 5,902 * Tveteneåsen, population: 850 * [[Hem, Norway|Hem]], population: 676 * [[Helgeroa]] and [[Nevlunghavn]], population: 1,962 * [[Kvelde]], population: 1,103 * [[Verningen]], population: 1,003 * [[Svarstad]], population: 611 [[Himberg (Sandefjord)|Himberg]] is an [[exclave]] which is part of [[Sandefjord Municipality]], although it is completely surrounded by Larvik Municipality in all directions.<ref name="himberg">{{Cite book |last=Davidsen |first=Roger |title=Et Sted i Sandefjord |publisher=Sandar Historielag |year=2008 |isbn=9788299456753 |page=139 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Larsen |first=Erlend |title=Tre kommuner blir til én |publisher=Erlend Larsen Forlag |year=2016 |isbn=9788293057277 |page=13 |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snlsm">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Sandefjord |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Sandefjord |date=2023-08-15 |editor-last=Lundbo |editor-first=Sten |language=no |editor2-last=Mæhlum |editor2-first=Lars |accessdate=2023-11-08}}</ref> Attempts at [[Municipal annexation|annexing]] Himberg into Larvik Municipality have largely been met with protests from Himberg residents. A 1995 attempt at annexing Himberg was cancelled due to protests from local residents.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jøranlid |first=Marianne |title=40 trivelige turer i Sandefjord og omegn |publisher=Vett Viten |year=1996 |isbn=9788241202841 |pages=114–117 |language=no}}</ref> There are only four such enclaves in Norway, and Himberg is the most populous enclave in Norway, with a population of approximately 40 people. Himberg is {{convert|1.4|km2}}.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Solberg |first=Morten Fredheim |date=2014-10-11 |title=Her er Sandefjords ytterste nøgne ø |url=https://www.sb.no/nyheter/nyheter/her-er-sandefjords-ytterste-nogne-o/s/2-2.428-1.8615149 |work=[[Sandefjords Blad]]}}</ref>
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