Botne is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg.
It was created in 1837 as Bothne formannskapsdistrikt. Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 1,600. In 1942 a part of Botne with 148 inhabitants was moved to Holmestrand, and in 1947 a part with 8 inhabitants was moved to Våle. is a city and municipality in Vestfold county Norway The city was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt) Våle is a former municipality in Vestfold county Norway. The administrative centre was Sørby.
On 1 January 1964 the rest of Botne was incorporated into Holmestrand. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Prior to the merger Botne had a population of 5,656.
References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". (Norwegian)
- Registreringssentral for historiske data. Hjemmehørende folkemengde Buskerud 1801-1960. University of Tromsø. The University of Tromsø ( Norwegian: Universitetet i Tromsø) is the world's northernmost University. (Norwegian)