Storevar was a village in the municipality of
Stokke
Stokke is a town in Sandefjord municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. It lies in-between Sandefjord and Tønsberg, two of Vestfold's largest cities. It was a municipality from 1838 to 2016. The administrative centre of the municipality was th ...
,
Norway
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, located by the
Tønsberg Fjord. Its population (
SSB
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Organizations
* Scandinavian School of Brussels
* Social Security Board (disambiguation)
* , the Society of Saint Bridget
* Society of the Sisters of Bethany, an Anglican order of sisters
* Society of Systematic Biologists
* , ...
2005) was 367. Storevar was its own village until 2015, and became a part of neighboring
Melsomvik village in 2016.
There are three islands outside Storevar: Gåsøykalven, Gåsøy, and Ravnø. During winters, the ocean occasionally freezes and makes it possible to hike to the islands from the village.
[Gjerseth, Simen (2016). ''Nye Sandefjord''. Liv forlag. Page 215. .]
References
Villages in Vestfold og Telemark
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