Vestfold
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Vestfold (help·info) is a coonty in Norawa, borderin Buskerud an Telemark. The coonty admeenistration is in Tønsberg.
Vestfold is locatit wast o the Oslofjord, as the name indicates. It includes mony smawer, but well-kent touns in Norawa, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg an Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs throu the destrict. Mony islands are locatit at the coast. Vestfold is maistly dominatit bi lawland an is amang the best agricultural auries o Norawa. Winters last aboot three month, while pleasant simmer temperaturs last frae Mey tae September, wi a Julie average o 17 °C (Tønsberg climate Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine).
Vestfold fylke | |
|---|---|
 Coat airms | |
Vestfold athin Norawa | |
| Kintra | Norawa |
| Coonty | Vestfold |
| Region | Østlandet |
| Coonty ID | NO-07 |
| Offeecial leid form | Bokmål |
| Demonym | Vestfolding |
| Admeenistrative centre | Tønsberg |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Erling Lae ... (2010–present) |
| • Coonty mayor | Per-Eivind Johansen Høyre (2007–present) |
| Area (#18 in Norawa, 0.71% o Norawa's land aurie) | |
| • Total | 2225 km2 (859 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 2201 km2 (850 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 239,907 |
| • Density | 108/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| • Chynge (10 years) | 8.7 % |
| • Rank in Norawa | 10 (4.72% of country) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Income (per caipita) | 148,300 NOK |
| GDP (per caipita) | 219,970 NOK (2001) |
| Naitional Rank: | 10 (3.11% o kintra) |
| Website | www.vfk.no |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 154,670 | — |
| 1961 | 174,382 | +12.7% |
| 1971 | 175,402 | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 186,691 | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 198,354 | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 215,030 | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 233,705 | +8.7% |
| 2021? | 262,777 | +12.4% |
| 2031? | 287,496 | +9.4% |
| Source: Statistics Norway[1]. | ||
| Religion in Vestfold[2][3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| religion | percent | |||
| Christianity | 84.85% | |||
| Islam | 1.41% | |||
| Buddhism | 0.26% | |||
| Other | 13.48% | |||
Vestfold is kent for shippin an sailin. Ance a heidquarters for whalin fleets, the coastal touns o Vestfold nou engage in fishin an shipbiggin. Some lumberin is carriet on in the interior. The destrict includes some o the best fermland in Norawa an aw. Vestfold is the anerlie coonty in which aw municipalities hae declared Bokmål tae be thair offeecial written form o the Norse leid.[4]
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