Våle

Våle

Våle is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre was Sørby.

The parish of "Vaale" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 2,408. On 16 July 1873 an uninhabited part of Våle was moved to Ramnes municipality following a royal resolution. In 1947 a part of Botne with 8 inhabitants was moved to Våle.

On January 1, 2002 Våle was merged with Ramnes to form the new municipality Re. In 1996 Våle had a population of 3,868.

Famous residents of Våle include the author Kåre Holt (1916-1997).

References

*cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl no icon
*cite web |url=http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos07.html |title=Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vestfold 1801-1960 |accessdate= |author=Registreringssentral for historiske data |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=University of Tromsø |language= no icon


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