Nøtterøy

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Nøtterøy is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The Template:Convert island municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2018. The area is now part of Færder Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Borgheim. Other villages in Nøtterøy included Årøysund, Buerstad, Duken, Føynland, Glomstein, Hårkollen, Kjøpmannskjær, Nesbrygga, Oterbekk, Skallestad, Skjerve, Strengsdal, Tenvik, Torød, Vestskogen, and Vollen. The whole northern part of the municipality was considered to be part of the city of Tønsberg metropolitan area.<ref name="snl">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

The municipality was made up of nearly 200 islands, including the main island of Nøtterøy plus Veierland and Føynland.<ref name="snl" />

At the time of its dissolution in 2017, the Template:Convert municipality was the 410th largest by area out of the 426 municipalities in Norway. Tjøme was the 15th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,748. The municipality's population density was Template:Convert and its population had increased by 7.1% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

General information

The parish of Nøtterø (later spelled Nøtterøy) was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1877, an area on the north end of the island of Nøtterøy (population: 102) was transferred into the city of Tønsberg. On 1 January 1901, the island of Håøya (population: 70) was transferred from Stokke Municipality to Nøtterøy Municipality. On 1 July 1915, an area of northern Nøtterøy (population: 12) was transferred to Sem Municipality.<ref name="Dag">Template:Cite book</ref>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the island of Veierland (population: 165) was transferred from Stokke Municipality to Nøtterøy Municipality.<ref name="Dag" /> On 1 January 2018, Tjøme Municipality (population: 4,928) and Nøtterøy Municipality (population: 21,748) were merged to form the new Færder Municipality.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the island of Nøtterøy (Template:Langx) since the first Nøtterøy Church was built there. The first element is the verb Template:Wikt-lang which means "to enjoy" or "to receive benefit from". The last element is Template:Wikt-lang which means "island".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Nøtterø, using the Riksmal spelling. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Nøtterøy. The letter y was added to the end of the word to "Norwegianize" the name (Template:Lang is the Danish word for "island" and Template:Lang is the Norwegian word).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 24 October 1986. The official blazon is "Azure, an anchor argent in bend" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is an anchor that is displayed diagonally. The anchor has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The blue color and the anchor were both chosen to emphasize the importance of fishing and sailing in this island municipality. The anchor was used as the municipal symbol since the 17th century. The arms were designed by Truls Nygaard. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:See also2

Churches

The Church of Norway had three parishes (Template:Lang) within the municipality of Nøtterøy. It was part of the Tønsberg domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg.

**Churches in Nøtterøy**
Parish (Template:Lang)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Nøtterøy	Nøtterøy Church	Borgheim	c. 1100
Nøtterøy	Veierland Church	Veierland	1901
Teie	Teie Church	Teie	1977
Torød	Torød Church	Torød	1915

Geography

The whole municipality was made up of a group of islands located to the south of Tønsberg Municipality and between the Tønsbergfjorden and the Ytre Oslofjord. The municipality included almost all of the island of Nøtterøy plus the smaller islands of Føynland, Veierland, Bolærne, Bjerkøy, Nordre Årøy, and Søndre Årøy. In addition to this, there were also about 175 smaller islands and skerries. The island of Nøtterøy is the largest island in Vestfold County.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The highest point in the municipality was Vetan on the island of Nøtterøy, which reached an elevation of Template:Convert. The mountain was controlled by the Norwegian Armed Forces since 1897. The military operated a radio station at Vetan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The Fulehuk Lighthouse was located in Nøtterøy municipality.