Country Norway Administrative centre Sande i Vestfold Demonym(s) Sandesokning Area 178 km² Local time Tuesday 10:26 AM | County Vestfold Area rank 346 in Norway Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 7,591 (2004) Official language form Bokmål | |
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Weather 3°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 88% Humidity Points of interest Sjodalen, Bekkestranda, Hagasand, Kverntangen, Raustrand | ||
Sande is a municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. Its administrative centre is the village of "Sande i Vestfold". The municipality of Sande was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
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Map of Sande, 3070, Norway
Sande is located in a beautiful area by the sea about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Oslo (50 minutes driving time). In recent years the administrative center of Sande has grown significantly due to a large number of new apartments and stores.
Portions of the 1973 Olsebanden movie Olsenbanden tar gull from were filmed in Sande. Another portion was filmed Stavern.
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Sande farm (Old Norse: Sandvin) because the first church was built there. The first element in the name, sandr, means "sand", and the last element, vin, means "meadow" or "pasture".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. It was granted on 19 December 1986, and it represents silver-colored Sandebukta bay, with its typical shape, surrounded by forests and mountains.
Sand Church
Sande in Vestfold is the site of the medieval era Sand Church (Sande kirke, Vestfold). It is located in Sande parish in Nord-Jarlsberg rural deanery. The building material is stone and brick, and it was built in 1150. In 1783, the church burned down; only the walls remained. Over the next eight years, it was rebuilt, and 1860 the church was refurnished. But the older altarpiece, baptismal font, and pulpit were retained. The pulpit is also from 1783 and features Rococo-style carvings. The font of soapstone is the only medieval inventory preserved.
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Sande: