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Andebu
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| County | Vestfold | |
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| Municipality | NO-0719 | |
| Administrative centre | Andebu | |
| Mayor (2006) | Hans Hilding Hønsvall (KrF) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 339 186 km² 183 km² 0.06 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 191 5,031 0.11 % 12.9 % 28/km² |
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| www.andebu.kommune.no |
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Andebu is a municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway. It covers 186 km².
Andebu has large areas of woodland. The main villages are Andebu, Høyjord and Kodal. The church buildings in all three villages are from the middle ages; the one in Høyjord is a stave church.
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The Norse form of the name was Andabú. The meaning of the first element is unknown, the last element is bú n 'district'.
Until 1889 the name was written "Andebo".
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). The three triangles represent the three parishes of the municipality (Andebu, Høyjord and Kodal) - and they also resembles the letter A (for Andebu). The colour green represent agriculture and forestry.
Høyjord stave church (built 1150 - 1200)
- Andebu bygdebok (Andebu municipaliy geneaology and history), ed. by dr. philos. Arne Gallis
- Andebu: en vestfoldbygds historie i 1600-aarene, «Lat os inkje forfederne gløyma», by Lorens Berg ISBN 82-993731-0-7
- Vestfoldmål: Ord og vendinger fra Andebu, by Ole Bråvoll (Words and phrases from Andebu) (ed. by Odd Gallis)
| Municipalities of Vestfold |  |
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Andebu | Hof | Holmestrand | Horten | Lardal | Larvik | Nøtterøy | Re | Sande | Sandefjord | Stokke | Svelvik | Tjøme | Tønsberg |
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