Editing Bamble (section)

===Churches===
[[File:Bamble kirke.JPG|thumb|left|upright|[[Bamble Church]]]]
The [[Church of Norway]] has three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Bamble. It is part of the [[Bamble prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]].

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|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Bamble'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Bamble||[[Bamble Church]]||[[Bamble (village)|Bamble]]||1845
|-
|[[Herre Church]]||[[Herre, Norway|Herre]]||1905
|-
|rowspan="1"|Langesund||[[Langesund Church]]||[[Langesund]]||1992
|-
|rowspan="1"|Stathelle||[[Stathelle Church]]||[[Stathelle]]||1964
|}

[[Bamble Church]] (''Bamble kirke'') is located along the [[European route E18]] highway, about {{convert|5|km}} to the south of the [[Grenland Bridge]]. It is a wooden cruciform church which was built in 1845. The church is located next to the ruins of [[St. Olav's Church (ruin)|Olav Church]] which dated to around 1145.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olavskirken – Skeidi kirke i Bamble |url=http://www.miklaborg.net/?page_id=489 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920205917/http://www.miklaborg.net/?page_id=489 |archive-date=2016-09-20 |access-date=2016-09-01 |publisher=miklaborg.net}}</ref>