Bjerkøya is a populated

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Holmestrand Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Jarlsberg. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Holmestrand (town), town of Ho ...

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county,

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. The island lies in the

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, near the mouth of the

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. It lies about to the north of the town of Holmestrand in a small group of islands including Kommersøya, Killingholmen, and

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. Bjerkøya is connected to the mainland by a long

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bridge on the north end of the island. The island was formerly part of the old Sande Municipality until 1 January 2020 when it became part of

. The coastal parts of the island, particularly in the north end form one large village, also called Bjerkøya. The interior and southeastern parts of the island are sparsely populated. The village had a population (2012) of 225 and a

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of . Since 2012, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by

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Holmestrand Islands of Vestfold {{Vestfold-geo-stub

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