Hem, Norway

Hem is a village and statistical area ("grunnkrets") in Larvik municipality, Norway. Before 1988 it was a part of Tjølling municipality.

The statistical area Hem, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 780. [cite web | author=Statistics Norway | title=Statistics bank | date=2007 | url=http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selectvarval/define.asp&Tabellid=04317]

The village Hem is located in the eastern part of the municipality. It is considered a part of the urban settlement "Sandefjord", which covers the greater Sandefjord city area and stretches towards Stokke and into peripheral parts of Larvik municipality. [cite web | author=Statistics Norway | title=Kart over tettsteder og sentrumsområder 1. januar 2005 | date=2005 | format= PDF| url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/01/01/20/tettstedkart/fylke07.pdf] The urban settlement Sandefjord has a population of 39,849, of which 705 people live within Larvik. [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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