Sem, Norway

Sem, Norway

Sem is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway.

The parish of "Sæm" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 3,590.

On 1 January 1965 the district Stang with 126 inhabitants was incorporated into Borre. On 1 January 1988 the rest was incorporated into Tønsberg. Prior to the merger Sem was about three times the size of Tønsberg, which had a population of 21,948.

The village Sem has a population of 1,981, of which 42 people live within the border of the neighboring municipality Stokke.

References

*cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl no icon
*cite web |url=http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos07.html |title=Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vestfold 1801-1960 |accessdate= |author=Registreringssentral for historiske data |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=University of Tromsø |language= no icon
*cite paper | author=Statistics Norway | title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2006 | date=2006 | url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/tab-2006-07-05-01-en.html


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