Re, Norway

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Re kommune

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County Vestfold
District
Municipality
Administrative centre Revetal
Mayor (2003) Thorvald Hillestad (Sp)
Official language form Bokmål
Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage 225 Square kilometre>km²
222 km²
0.07 %
Population
- Total (as of 2004>2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density Ranked 125
8,194
0.18 %
10.1 %
37/km²
Coordinates
[www.re.kommune.no]
[Data from Statistics Norway]
Coordinates: Re is a municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway. The municipality was founded in 2002 by unification of the former municipalities Ramnes and Våle.

It includes the places Ramnes, Våle and Revetal, and the river Aulielva runs through the district.

In this area a battle took place in 1177, which is the last one mentioned in Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson. Graves and other findings from the Viking Age and even earlier can be found throughout the district.

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