Andebu
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| County | Vestfold | |
| District | ||
| Municipality | NO-0719 | |
| Administrative centre | Andebu | |
| Mayor (2003) | Hans Hilding Hønsvall (KrF) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 339 186 km² 183 km² 0.06 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 191 5,031 0.11 % 12.9 % 28/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.andebu.kommune.no | ||
Andebu is a municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway. It covers 186 km².
Andebu has large areas of wood. Main villages are Andebu, Høyjord and Kodal. The church buildings in all three villages are from the middle ages, the one in Høyjord is a stave church.
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History
Høyjord stave church (built 1150 - 1200)
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Literature
- Andebu bygdebok (Andebu municipaliy geneaology and history), ed. by dr. philos. Arne Gallis
- Andebu: en vestfoldbygds historie i 1600-aarene, «Lat os inkje forfederne gløyma», by Lorents Berg ISBN 82-993731-0-7
- Vestfoldmål: Ord og vendinger fra Andebu, by Ole Bråvoll (Words and phrases from Andebu) (ed. by Odd Gallis)
| Municipalities of Vestfold | Image:Vestfold vapen.png |
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Andebu | Hof | Holmestrand | Horten | Lardal | Larvik | Nøtterøy | Re | Sande | Sandefjord | Stokke | Svelvik | Tjøme | Tønsberg | |
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