Tokke

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Tokke kommune

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County Telemark
District Vest-Telemark
Municipality
Administrative centre Dalen
Mayor (2003) Birger Nygård (Sp)
Official language form Nynorsk
Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage 984 Square kilometre>km²
905 km²
0.30 %
Population
- Total (as of 2004>2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density Ranked 304
2,465
0.05 %
-4.4 %
3/km²
Coordinates
[www.tokke.kommune.no]
[Data from Statistics Norway]
Coordinates: Tokke is a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway. It came to be after the merger of the two older municipalites Lårdal and Mo, which was put into effect as of 1 January 1964.

Tokke borders Vinje, Kviteseid, Seljord, Fyresdal, Valle og Bykle. The highest peak is Urdenosi, 1,520 meters above sea level.

In the village of Eidsborg one finds one of Norway's old stave churches.

Notable people from Tokke

Anne Grimdalen (1899-1961), sculptor from Skafså in Tokke
Eivind Groven (1901-1977), composer from Lårdal in Tokke

External links

[Tokke description in English]

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