Grimestad

Grimestad
Grimestad
Village
	Grimestad Location of the village Grimestad Grimestad (Norway)
	Coordinates: 59.13588°N 10.40479°E
Country	Norway
Region	Eastern Norway
County	Vestfold
Municipality	Færder Municipality
Elevation [1]	26 m (85 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	3145 Tjøme

Grimestad is a village in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Tjøme, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the northeast of the village of Tjøme, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the north of the village of Hulebakk, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the southeast of the village of Sundene, and about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) east of the village of Svelvik.

The village of Grimestad and the surrounding countryside had a population (in 2007) of 280 people.[2] The village of Grimestad is considered to be a part of the urban settlement of Tjøme, which covers the central part of the island. The 2.51-square-kilometre (620-acre) urban area has a population (2023) of 2,879 and a population density of 1,146 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,970/sq mi).[3]

References

"Grimestad, Færder". yr.no. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
Statistics Norway (2007). "Statistics bank". Archived from the original on 26 May 2012.
Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2023). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".

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[1] "Grimestad, Færder". yr.no. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[2] Statistics Norway (2007). "Statistics bank". Archived from the original on 26 May 2012.

[ssb-3] Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2023). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".